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Salvadoran President’s Dark Secret Allegedly Behind Deal 
to Hold Deported Migrants in “Mega” Prison
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Conditions of Confinement, Immigration
Salvadoran President’s Dark Secret Allegedly Behind Deal to Hold Deported Migrants in “Mega” Prison by When Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act in March 2025 to send several hundred Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the tradeoff for Salvadoran Pres. Nayib Bukele …
El Salvador Offers Prison Space to Private Prison Shill Marco Rubio
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Private Prisons
El Salvador Offers Prison Space to Private Prison Shill Marco Rubio by In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on February 3, 2025, Salvadoran Pres. Nayib Bukele offered to house American prisoners in his country’s lockups “for a very small fee.” A week later, with much less …
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Filed under: Gang Policies, Commentary/Reviews, Prison/Jail Murders, Statistics/Trends, Databases, International Law, Prisoners-International, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)
153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown by A report by human rights group Cristosal on May 29, 2023, detailed how lethal El Salvador’s war on the Central American country’s gangs has been: 153 people have died in custody since Pres. Nayib Bukele’s campaign began in March 2022. Targeting …
The World’s Biggest Prison
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Filed under: Rural Prisons
The World’s Biggest Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In February 2023, officials in El Salvador began admitting detainees to a new prison that is the largest in the world. The prison, which has its own utilities, is isolated on 56 acres in the middle of a 410-acre plot …
News in Brief
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin lost a fierce battle to keep a judge from remanding them to trial on murder charges on March 3, 2016. The Santa Clara County jail guards were accused of beating Michael Tyree, a 31-year-old mentally ill prisoner, to …
The Brookings Institution - Inside Out The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations, Lessing, 2016
Publication • 2016
Filed under: Prison Gangs
The Brookings Institution - Inside Out The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations, Lessing, 2016 Local Orders Paper Series BROOKINGS PAPER 3 | September 2016 Inside Out: The Challenge of Prison-Based Criminal Organizations BENJAMIN LESSING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This paper is part of the Brookings seminar, “Reconstituting Local Orders.” The seminar is directed …
Unrest in South American Prisons
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Overcrowding, International, Prisoners-International
Unrest in South American Prisons by Brazil On February 3, 1996, a specialized military police unit killed two prisoners and wounded another in a Sao Paulo police station after putting down a rebellion by 127 prisoners protesting a lack of water at the facility. "It's not normal" to shoot protesting …
Books Available: Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Political Prisoners, Reviews, Crime/Demographics, Crime
Books Available: Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention by Barbara Harlow Barred: Women, Writing and Political Detention, by Barbara Harlow, examines and presents the writings of women political prisoners in Northern Ireland, Palestine, El Salvador, Egypt, South Africa and the United States. The book gives an analysis of the dynamics …
Crisis Continues in Salvadoran Prison System
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International
Crisis Continues in Salvadoran Prison System by As reported in the October, 1994, issue of PLN, the prison system of El Salvador remains locked in a crisis of overcrowding, spiraling violence and unrest. This trend continues. On September 13, 1994, prisoners at the Central Penitentiary in San Vicente, in the …
El Salvador Prison System in Crisis
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International
El Salvador Prison System in Crisis by On August 4, 1994, 300 prisoners at the San Miguel prison in El Salvador took a judge and his secretary hostage to protest prison conditions. The hostages were freed a few hours later after judicial officials signed an agreement to study the prisoners' …
Twenty-Seven Cons Die in El Salvador Riot
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International
Twenty-Seven Cons Die in El Salvador Riot by On November 19, 1993, prisoners at the San Francisco Javier prison in eastern El Salvador rioted. The four hour battle between rival gangs left 27 prisoners dead and thirty wounded, they were hacked, beaten or burned to death. Autopsy reports showed the …