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Christine Murray in Mexico City and Alan Smith in London

Inside El Salvador’s mega prison: the jail giving inmates less space than livestock

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On the remote plains of the Las Chiches volcano, the strongman leader of El Salvador has built a mega prison that is supposed to become the world’s biggest by population — and the most overcrowded by design.

President Nayib Bukele proudly opened the “new house” for 40,000 prisoners last month, where gang members will be sent to “live for decades” to pay for their alleged crimes.

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