Inmates at CECOT are reportedly fed little—rice, beans, eggs, and pasta. Regular fights over food and water break out between rival gang members.
Most inmates are serving centuries-long sentences, or haven't been convicted yet.
President Bukele claimed that the work being done by over 40,000 inmates in various workshops, as part of the "Zero Idleness" program, would help make their prison system self-sustainable.
It currently costs $200 million a year.