'Worst of the worst': Go inside El Salvador's fortress prison for gang members
Nov 14, 2024 #CNN #News
We get rare, exclusive access inside El Salvadors Cecot prison, where some of the countrys most notorious gang members are held, isolated from the rest of society. Join us as David Culver tours the controversial high-security facility with El Salvadors prison officials, capturing the tight security, packed cells, and firsthand accounts from inmates. With Cecot likely to receive more criminal migrants from the U.S. under President-elect Trumps immigration plan, the prison has become a focal point in El Salvadors crackdown on gangs. While critics say the prisons strict control and isolation of inmates is a violation of human rights, many locals see it as essential in keeping brutal violence from seeping back into society. #CNN #News
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I would take statements of "feeling safer" or "admissions of guilt" from people living in El Salvador with a huge grain of salt as they're ruled by an authoritarian government with little to no regard for human or civil rights. The people in El Salvador are no more free to express themselves than protesting Russians being arrested in Moscow for holding up blank sheets of paper.