Costa Rica Tightens Prison Rules, Adopts El Salvador’s Bukele Model

By Karol Suárez, CNN The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has published in X that his security model is easy to replicate, even in countries like Mexico. “28 of Mexico's 32 states have a population equal to or smaller than that of El Salvador. Why, then, can't they resolve the issue of security in a single state with fewer inhabitants than El Salvador, having the resources of a country with 130 million inhabitants?” , Bukele wrote at the …

Costa Rica Tightens Prison Rules, Adopts El Salvador’s Bukele Model

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Justice unveils prison reforms inspired by El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, reducing visits, limiting phone calls, and building a new $35 million facility

Former PAC Minister Criticizes Government Changes to Conjugal Visits in Prisons San José, Apr 25 (Elmundo.cr) – Former Justice and Peace Minister Marco Feoli strongly questioned the recent directives issued by the Executive in relation to the Costa Rican penitentiary system, considering them a staging rather than a real public policy.

The lights never go out, people eat with their bare hands, and visitors are not allowed. This is what life is like in one of the largest and harshest prisons in the world, built by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. The giant prison can hold tens of thousands of people. White House Chief of Staff Donald Trump has sent hundreds of alleged gang members there. Critics call the facility a “black hole of human rights.” According to expert Lukáš Dirga…

In a new program of Word That Is News, Antonio Quinteros talked with Jaime Gajardo, Minister of Justice and Human Rights, about the meeting of ministers of justice and security that is based in Washington and the debate about prisons in Chile.