Thousands of tattooed inmates moved to El Salvador prison will 'never return' [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Josh Milton
Thursday 16 Mar 2023 6:11 pm

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Thousands of tattooed suspected gang members have been sent to a sprawling new prison in El Salvador that they will ‘never return’ from.

More than 65,000 suspected gang members have been arrested since March last year amid a government crackdown in the Central American country.

It came when an eruption of gang violence left more than 60 dead – including street vendors, bus riders and marketgoers – in the nation’s bloodiest day since the civil war 30 years ago.

The 40,000-capacity Center for the Confinement of Terrorism in Tecoluca, San Vicente, was purpose-built to relieve the increasingly overwhelmed prison system.

The first 2,000 inmates were sent there last month at a time when nearly 2% of the adult population of El Salvador is in jail.

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The Center for the Confinement of Terrorism is designed to house the 10s of thousands of people arrested during government crackdowns (Picture: AFP)



The country’s government has extended emergency powers to let the mass arrests continue (Picture: Getty Images South America)



Guards have access to dining rooms and exercise facilities in the jail (Picture: Reuters)

More:
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/16/thousands-of-tattooed-inmates-moved-to-el-salvador-prison-18455834/?ito=newsnow-feed

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This won't end well, I'm sure.