Uncovering the Truth: Physical Violence and Deaths in El Salvador Prisons Amid State of Exception
A new NGO report exposes that nearly one-third of prison deaths in El Salvador during the state of exception result from physical violence, raising serious questions about human rights and accountability under President Bukele’s security policies.
El Salvador’s harsh state of exception regime, now approaching its four-year mark, claims to be a decisive response against violent gangs. Yet a disturbing report by Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (SJH), an independent NGO, unveils a darker reality behind the government’s security narrative — physical violence is the leading cause of prisoner deaths, accounting for nearly 32% of at least 470 fatalities. How Can a Security Policy Lead to More Deaths Behind Bars? This chilling statistic demands scrutiny. While President Nayib Bukele’s administration touts its crackdown on gang violence as an “America First” style assertion of national sovereignty over lawlessness, the...
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