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    8 days ago

    “The government does not intend to release the prisons inmates”

    Miguel Sarre, a former member of the United Nations Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture, described CECOT as a “concrete and steel pit” used to “dispose of people without formally applying the death penalty”, citing that the government does not intend to release the prison’s inmates.*

    *]Ventas, Leire (14 February 2024). “Coming Face to Face with Inmates in El Salvador’s Mega-Jail”. BBC News. Retrieved 31 January 2025.