Over the weekend, thousands of prisoners were transferred to the newly built super prison in Tecoluca (El Salvador), and the first images were shared by President Nayib Bukele on social networks.
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Inmates are transferred to prison REUTERS |
President Bukele said the super-prison was officially named "Terrorism Detention Center", with a capacity of 40,000 inmates.
Since March to the end of 2022, the police and military have arrested more than 62,000 suspects of criminal gangs. This is because President Bukele is asking parliament to pass a decision to constitutionally exclude certain civil rights, including allowing arrests without a license and having the government access content such as news. message from the people.
The main gate of the super prison
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With nearly 2% of the adult population serving a sentence, El Salvador currently has the highest prison rate in the world.
The increase in the number of prisoners is the result of measures to combat gang violence, which has put heavy pressure on the country's prison system.
La Esperanza, El Salvador's largest prison before the opening of the super prison in Tecoluca, currently holds 33,000 people despite its initial capacity of 10,000.
During the transfer of prisoners last week, 2,000 inmates who were gang members were transferred to the new facility, according to Reuters on February 24.
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About 2,000 inmates who are gang members are transported by bus to the new prison
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Crime Situation in El Salvador
In El Salvador, the situation of criminal gangs is complicated, with local competition from the MS-13 gang and the rival Barrio 18 gang. Both are transnational criminal organizations, rooted in from America. The leaders are refugees who fled El Salvador during the outbreak of the country's civil war and took refuge in Los Angeles (California) in the 1980s.
After then-US President Bill Clinton signed into law a series of new laws to expand deportable offenses, tens of thousands of El Salvadorans were deported by the United States and returned to their home countries to establish deportations. criminal gangs.
During the 2000s, the El Salvador government took several measures to crack down on the crime wave and imprison gang members. However, many experts say this approach has backfired because it facilitates the transformation of crowded prisons into places to recruit and train organized criminals.
The new prison can accommodate up to 40,000 people
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