“Miles of non-dangerous prisonersincluding associates of gang members (although not gang members themselves), are being trained to help us rebuild our country,” Bukele said on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Following heavy rains that have caused landslides and flooding since June, groups of inmates are participating in different tasks to mitigate the damageespecially on the road network.
In this way, prisoners “will be able to repair some of the damage they have caused to society“Bukele said.
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The president also posted a video on X showing inmates doing housework. Construction, agriculture, clothing manufacturing, fumigation, electronic equipment repairamong other.
During a radio and television broadcast, Bukele said on the night of Friday, July 5, that they are “almost 150 million dollars“what the Salvadoran State allocates annually to maintain the prison system.
The Vice Minister of Justice and Director General of Prisons, Osiris Luna, stated that “We are looking for self-sustainability from penitentiary centers.”
Nearly 48 thousand inmates will be trained in different areas, Luna explained.
Thousands of non-dangerous prisoners, including associates of gang members (though not gang members themselves), are being trained to help us rebuild our country.
In this way, they can repair part of the damage they have caused to society. pic.twitter.com/eE3OQ8AG8S
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) July 5, 2024
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The textile workshop, with 5,400 inmates, will have to produce 2.4 million Uniforms to be given to public school students in 2025.
Another 6 thousand prisoners will join a Government construction company to repair schools, hospitals and build roadsThe rest of the prisoners will work in other productive areas.
Bukele’s administration began in 2019, but since March 2022 he has been waging a “war” once morest gangs under a state of exception, which adds More than 80 thousand alleged gang members arrested.
The state of emergency allows arrests without a court order. It was decreed by Congress at the request of President Bukele in response to an escalation of violence that claimed the lives of 87 people between March 25 and 27, 2022.
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Human rights organizations question the detention of innocent people under the protection of the state of emergency and the conditions of confinement.
With a Prison population exceeding 111 thousand inmatesAccording to independent humanitarian organizations, El Salvador has 1,764 inmates per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest averages in the world.
The anti-gang crusade reduced criminal activity in the country and favored the reelection of Bukele, who began his second term on June 1.
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