A new mega-prison in El Salvador will house up to 40,000 inmates, with 100 prisoners to a cell of 80 bunks. The government says they will 'never walk out'.
The complex will eventually hold more than 40,000 prisoners.This article contains content that some may find distressing.
"This will be their new house, where they will live for decades, all mixed, unable to do any further harm to the population," the president added.El Salvador authorises 'lethal force' to curb gang violence during coronavirus outbreakIn his tweet, Mr Bukele posted a video showing barefoot, tattooed men wearing only white boxers, bent over and with their hands behind their shaven heads.
At the new facility, the men were similarly stacked up before being led in large groups into their cells, where they are left sitting on the floor before stacked metal beds with no mattresses visible. The new inmates were stacked closely together, each sitting with his legs on either side of the man in front of him as armed guards in balaclavas look on.Built on Mr Bukele's orders after he declared a "war" on gangs last March, the prison in Tecoluca — 74 kilometres southeast of the capital San Salvador — consists of eight buildings made of reinforced concrete.
Rights groups and observers have criticised the construction as a violation of incarceration standards, while social media was full of posts praising the president's "toughness".
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