El Salvador's mega-prison model spreads across Latin America

El Salvador's mega-prison model spreads across Latin America

Costa Rica has opened a 5,100-person high-security prison built using plans from El Salvador's 40,000-person Terrorism Confinement Centre. Peru's President Keiko Fujimori plans a similar facility, Colombia's leader Abelardo de la Espriella pledged 10 mega-prisons, and Brazil finalist Flavio Bolsonaro proposes five.

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