Chile president-elect Kast visits Bukele’s mega-prison to spotlight security plans

Chile’s incoming president, José Antonio Kast, toured El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison on Friday, one stop on a week-long ...
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How a notorious maximum-security prison was transformed into a thriving preschool

This story was co-published with Mother Jones. It was January 2022, and Rhian Allvin was in search of a space that could bring her vision to life. The early childhood leader had just finished up her ...
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Guatemalan police free hostages in prison as attacks kill 3 officers

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala(AP) — Hundreds of anti-riot police entered a maximum security prison in Guatemala early Sunday to free guards who had been taken hostage and retake control of the facility that ...
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Ecuador transfers 300 high-risk inmates to new maximum-security prison

QUITO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Ecuador has moved 300 high-risk inmates to a new maximum-security prison on the country's coast, including former Vice President Jorge Glas, President Daniel Noboa said on ...