Inside El Salvador's mega prison: Youtuber reveals what he saw (youtube.com)
Nick Shirley on Fox.
In their eyes, it's very dark and not a lot of hope, he said.
These people live 80 men to a cell, and never will leave. They get a little time to exit the cell and do exercise.
This is considered cruel and unusual punishment in most nations, some say.
Shirley was the only American so far let into the prison, and then a top US official came in the other day to make a propaganda video to show people what they did with Venezuelan criminals (mostly, reportedly). At the end of the interview, the presenter asked Shirley what he thought of it (referring to human rights questions or rule of law questions, probably), and he said he'd rather them be there than on the streets (as if no third option?) and ‘Go El Salvador.’ Perhaps it's necessary to say that, in order to keep him getting access, which is good for everyone, even if a journalist compromises himself but allows for millions to get real information and make the opposite judgement. But it also raises a question, with these new governments, more hard line, less Constitutional, less limited by law or Congress, they will probably only allow coverage that agrees with them, by journalists who they already know agree with them.
Also, reading the comments, there are a lot of people who are with the program, or with the idea of just ‘sending criminals to El Salvador prison’ and giving them the worst possible, which highlights how we need leaders and officials who understand more than the common man.