Terrorism Confinement Center

Aunque tras las evidencias de tortura expuestas en 2021, muchos funcionarios fueron despedidos, no es fácil evidenciar una reforma real del régimen penitenciario ruso.

Si Delfín Negro te pareció brutal, no sabes lo que te espera con el famoso CECOT de El Salvador, donde el sofocante calor y hacinamiento serán peor castigo que el frío de Rusia.

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You're, y- we're doing this, and there's nothing you can do about it." It's also the fact that he had to have some place to put these people.

And, you know, w- it goes beyond the, uh, the prison that he set up, the, um, the CECOT prison, which is, you know, you're never going to see out, the outside again.

You know, that's the maximum security where he put the absolute worst of the worst.

He's actually set up a pr- a, a prison system outside of that with the people who aren't, you know, don't deserve life in prison or really what we know what they really deserve, um, where they have to...

Aquí el día a día es, eh, trabajo en los diferentes talleres que tenemos dentro del centro penal y aprendizajes.

Aprender, aprender, aprender, eh, cosas nuevas, cosas que les permitan cuando salgan en libertad, eh, poderse desempeñar afuera.

And what's the difference between the prisoners here inside of this prison versus the prisoners that are inside CECOT?

La diferencia es que los que tenemos aquí son internos comunes o han sido colaboradores de forma obligada por las pandillas.

So 106.3 per 100,000 to 2.4 per 100,000 in 2023.

And so the Terrorism Confinement Center or SECOT that he built has been a... an actual warehouse for the incarcerated people who are, you know, either they've been associated with gangs or have confirmed gang affiliation or might just look like they belong in a gang or might be looking like they're up to no good.

And so there's a movement called Movir, M-O-V-I-R, of Salvadorans It's actually constituted by a lot of parents and family members who are asking for information about their incarcerated loved ones who actually were not part of gangs.

And so Sekot currently, I think the population of Sekot currently is...

And I take an issue with not having a due process for the incarcerated.

And most recently, Quilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported from the United States, was actually deported and housed at Secot.

And so I'm interested in how Secot, the terrorism confinement center, is becoming more lucrative for El Salvador to receive prisoners from other countries like the United States.

So it's just very difficult to critique him because on the one hand, I see how the quality of life for people has dramatically changed.

Costa Rican officials argue that CACO will help restore government control over prisons and reduce the influence of organized crime, but the model comes from a country whose correctional policies... seem to have changed the landscape of their country.

El Salvador, President Bukele's government constructed the CICOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, with a reported capacity of approximately 40,000 prisoners.

The government credits its broader security crackdown with dramatically reducing gang violence.

However, prison construction was only one component of the strategy.

Judge after judge said this person deserves due process.

You can't rack them up and put them on a plane to CECOT.

Oh, wait, they did.

[laughs] They did that.

Costa Rican officials argue that CACO will help restore government control over prisons and reduce the influence of organized crime, but the model comes from a country whose correctional policies... seem to have changed the landscape of their country.

El Salvador, President Bukele's government constructed the CICOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, with a reported capacity of approximately 40,000 prisoners.

The government credits its broader security crackdown with dramatically reducing gang violence.

However, prison construction was only one component of the strategy.

Yeah.

And Judge Boasberg, in a very different context, the judge in the JGG case, um, who is looking at the government's decision to keep flying the planes full of migrants who were going to Cecot Prison af- after Judge Boasberg told the government to turn those planes around, and now he's tied up in courts that aren't sure that he ought to be able to go ahead and hold contempt proceedings.

Yeah.

I think Judge Reyes needs to look at that process and learn from it.