U.S. human rights law likely violated in $6M payment for El Salvador prison, experts say

Congressman Riley Moore visits maximum security prison, gives thumbs up

The facility that Moore visited is known as CECOT, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo.

Tens of thousands of prisoners must live in a high-security prison under conditions contrary to human rights. US President Trump takes pleasure in it and has migrants deported there.

U.S. human rights law is likely violated in the payment of $6M for El Salvador's prison, experts say By: Ariana Figueroa-MN Reformer The U.S. State Department is paying $6 million to El Salvador to house hundreds of U.S. deported immigrants in an immense and brutal prison, the Center for Confining Terrorism (CECOT).But U.S. law prohibits state financial support to "unities of foreign security forces" - which may include military and law enforcem…

Experts: $6 million payment to Salvadoran prison likely violates U.S. human rights law

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department is paying El Salvador $6 million to house hundreds of immigrants deported from the United States in an immense and brutal prison there, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT. But a U.S. law bars State’s financial support of “units of foreign security forces” — which can include military and law enforcement staff in prisons —  facing credible allegations of gross human rights violations. That has …

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U.S. human rights law likely violated in $6M payment for El Salvador prison, experts say • Oklahoma Voice

Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT  on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department is paying El Salvador $6 million to house hundreds of immigrants deported from the United States in an immense and brutal prison there, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT. But a U.S. law bars State’s financial support of “u…