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.
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 Monday that they'd struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned citizens to the tiny Central American nation,
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 human rights groups have slammed its alleged inhumane
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.
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 inmates in his country's "mega-prison."
El Salvador offers to put American criminals in its mega prison
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he is reviewing an offer from the president of El Salvador to deport not just undocumented immigrants but also American prisoners to a mega-prison in the South American country.
Explainer - What Is El Salvador's Mega-Prison That Could Take US Criminals?
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves before boarding a plane at El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, en route to Costa Rica. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - On Monday,
Rubio says El Salvador has offered to jail US criminals and deportees of any nationality
He met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and senior officials at Bukele's residence on Lake Coatepeque outside the capital for almost three hours, where they agreed to go beyond El Salvador's acceptance of its own deported citizens.
El Salvador’s Prisons Are Notorious. Will They House Trump’s Deportees?
President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a reputation as being tough on crime, but have raised alarms over rights abuses.
Trump Administration to Study Legality of El Salvador Offer to Host U.S. Prisoners
The Trump administration is assessing whether it could take up El Salvador's offer to house U.S. citizens convicted of crimes in its jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, despite the apparent illegality of such a move.
Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its anti-trans prison policy against three transgender ...
Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men's prison
A federal judge agreed Tuesday to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women ...
Man Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Qaeda Ties
Minh Quang Pham was accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport in London in support of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch ...
West Virginia pharmacist convicted in poisoning death of her husband is sentenced to life in prison
Natalie Cochran poisoned her husband with insulin so that he wouldn't find out about a $2 million Ponzi scheme she operated, ...
Georgia man sentenced to nearly 500 years in prison over dog fighting, animal cruelty
Vincent Lemark Burrell was sentenced to nearly 500 years after being found guilty of 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts ...
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 ...
Oregon’s prison health care supervisors fired after investigation finds delays in care, retaliation
An outside lawyer interviewed Dr. Warren Roberts and Joe Bugher and delivered blunt assessments of their overall honesty. She ...
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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 ...