Explainer - What is El Salvador's mega-prison that could take US criminals?
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced during a visit to El Salvador that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has offered to incarcerate criminals deported from the U.S. in the Central American country's CECOT mega-prison.
What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there.
CECOT: Inside the Mega-Prison El Salvador Has Offered Up for Trump's Use
Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities in a central hallway.
El Salvador’s mega-prison: The next stop for US felons?
CNN’s David Culver and his team were the first major U.S. news crew inside Cecot, El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison. Home to the country’s most hardened criminals, the high-security facility could soon hold U.
Trump backs sending ‘dangerous’ American prisoners to other countries
President Donald Trump said he’s looking into whether he can imprison American criminals of the “most severe cases” in other countries. “I’m just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,
Trump says it will be fine to put American criminals in prisons in another nation
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday it would be fine to put American criminals in prisons in another nation, adding there were countries who will take criminals from the United States. U.S. Se
Trump says he's exploring whether he can send jailed U.S. criminals to other countries
President Trump says he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed in the 'most severe cases' to be incarcerated in El Salvador and other countries.
Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison where president has offered to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants
El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center has been hailed as the nation’s solution to rampant gang violence, but ...
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Rubio announces prison plan with MAGA’s favorite dictator
The secretary of state said U.S. prisoners could be sent to Central American prisons, thanks to Salvadoran strongman Nayib ...
Rubio lauds El Salvador's offer to put U.S. deportees, including American criminals, in "mega-prison"
After meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio, El Salvador's president has offered to house U.S. deportees and even American ...
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This Louisiana woman earned a degree after 27 years in prison. It ‘felt like a miracle.’
While she was serving her sentence in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, she took advantage of several ...