The World_s Highest Security Prison_ CECOT (The most evil are kept here)
In this episode, we step inside the world's most notorious maximum-security prison—El Salvador's CECOT. Known as the "Terrorism Confinement Center," this 57-acre complex opened in 2023 and was built in just seven months following a massacre of 86 people attributed to gangs [citation:4]. Now housing around 20,000 inmates—mostly members of the MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs—the facility is considered the harshest prison in Latin America, with a capacity of up to 40,000 [citation:2][citation:4][citation:8].
What makes CECOT truly terrifying is not just its size, but its conditions. Prisoners spend…
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