The Cursed Prison of Naeeb Bukhel in Never Told Stories | Provide

“That’s the closest thing to hell,” said one inmate who was released from prison. Center for Counter Terrorism (CCT)The prison was built by the President of El Salvador, Naib Bukele, to incarcerate thousands of gang members who have kidnapped and terrorized Salvadorans for decades.

Built in seven months and inaugurated by the President last year, the prison is an impregnable bunker. Till date no journalist has been able to enter. The said prisoner, who was released after being proved innocent, was only known from the media’s statement and the information disseminated by the government.

He described them taking turns sleeping. One shift was lying down and the other was standing up. When the time was up, they changed the place.

Prison inmates live in extreme conditions never before seen and not even imagined by the creators of the highly acclaimed prison films. They are completely cut off from the outside world, they sleep on iron sheets without a mattress. Each cell holds a hundred inmates, all of whom have only two sinks and two toilets.

El Salvador: This is the inside of the new Nayeb Bugele prison for gangs

The largest prison in the world

It is the largest prison in the world, covering an area of ​​116 ha!, part of which large buildings have been erected where the cells are. The perimeter is surrounded by a wall two kilometers long and eleven meters high, bombproof and electrified with 15 volts of electricity. It consists of four guard rings (manned by 600 soldiers and police), punishment cells with not a single ray of light entering them, and 19 watch towers.

to Prisoners They are fed only twice a day. They have no right to meet among themselves, nor to walk in the courtyard. This is what many call the ‘cursed prison’.

Bukhel Project It has become fashionable and many Peruvians claim to do the same in our country. This columnist disagrees. Our reality is completely different. Starting with the expansion of the territory: all of El Salvador is much smaller than Tagna and Mokugua.

yes indeed, Bukhel Jail The other side of the coin is what happens in Peruvian prisons. For decades, these places have been home to crimes, assaults, kidnappings, collusion with bad police officers and prison authorities. I have written about it with my own eyes a few years ago when I entered the prison of Luricanjo as a spectator.

Although we must be fair, there are many innocent prisoners with eternal processes, and others who seek to rehabilitate and succeed.

Presently, Chairman National Institute of Prisons (INPE) Javier Locke, One of the most knowledgeable officials about the penal system. Can the Buchelle program be used in prisons? See you next Tuesday.

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