El Salvador opens 40,000-inmate prison in 'war against gangs'

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El Salvador has opened one of the world's largest prisons, which will hold 40,000 inmates as arrests soar in a government crackdown on violent crime

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is given a guided tour of the maximum-security jail and is shown its seven security"rings" - from the heavily guarded reinforced solid steel inmate cells to the prison perimeter wall including patrol zones, electric fencing and 19 watchtowers.El Salvador has opened one of the world's largest prisons, which will hold 40,000 inmates as arrests soar in a government crackdown on violent crime.

President Nayib Bukele described the maximum-security prison as"a fundamental piece to completely win the war against gangs".The jail has seven security 'rings' within the perimeter wall including patrol zones, electric fencing and 19 watchtowersin March 2022, the police and army have arrested more than 62,000 suspected gang members and their collaborators.

 

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Can we build one in westminster for all our politicians x

How are they going to feed 40k people 3 times a day?

That’s the way to do it, don’t let others out early build more and bigger prisons and lock em up!

Can we build one in Dover ?

U.K. needs this for its 40,000 illegal migrants.

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