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,
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.
The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America’s Worst Criminals
The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.
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."
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 he's exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countries
President Donald Trump says he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed in the “most severe cases” to be incarcerated in other countries
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
Judge blocks federal prison system from moving three transgender women to men’s prisons
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New Barlinnie prison costs double to almost £1bn
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Islamic State members held for years in a Syria prison say they know nothing of the world
A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...
Hartford felon sentenced to prison for having guns shipped from Kansas, sold in CT
A Hartford man was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted of ...
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 ...
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, ...
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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 ...