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The Ciudad Barrios prison is a prison in Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador. [1] Between September 2004 and mid-2015, it exclusively housed members of the MS-13 gang. [2] [3] [4] [5] During this time, El Salvador had a policy of segregating gang members in its prisons; this policy has been reversed. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Ciudad Barrios prison has been militarized, with both soldiers and police officers serving as prison guards. [6] [7] As of 2012, the prison housed nearly 2,500 prisoners, despite a capacity of 800. [8] Guards have relatively little control over the prison given a prisoner-to-guard ratio of 50 to one. [7] [9] It is one of the most violent prisons in the country. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mendez, Raul (April 2, 2009). "Penal de Ciudad Barrios: escenario de fugas y hechos violentos". La Pagina (in Spanish). El penal de Ciudad Barrios [fue] construido en el municipio del mismo nombre en el oriental departamento de San Miguel... Ciudad Barrios es un centro penitenciario que siempre ha estado ligado ha hechos violentos entre reclusos, y es uno de los centros que más problemas le ocasionan a las autoridades penitenciarias.
  2. 1 2 Salamanca, Wilfredo (September 3, 2004). "Habilitan cuatro penales Mareros aparte". El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Desde ayer, los penales de Quezaltepeque y Ciudad Barrios están asignados para los de la Mara Salvatrucha, y los de Chalatenango y Cojutepeque, para los de la 18.
  3. 1 2 Santos, Jessel (April 25, 2015). "Decomisan armas en celdas de cárcel de Ciudad Barrios". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Un total de 250 internos calificados como de alta peligrosidad fueron sacados de las celdas del Ciudad Barrios. Entraron descalzos, esposados y en ropa interior a las unidades de transporte que los llevaron hacia el penal de Izalco... Ayer, los reacomodos continuaron con la idea de revertir la segregación de las pandillas en los centros penitenciarios...
  4. 1 2 Santos, Jessel (April 22, 2015). "Comienzan a revertir la segregación en cárceles". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish).
  5. 1 2 Gagne, David (May 8, 2015). "Amid Historic Violence, El Salvador Ends Gang Segregation in Prisons". InSight Crime .
  6. Lemus, Eric (June 25, 2010). "El Salvador militariza cárceles de alta peligrosidad" (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. Por su parte, el ministro de la Defensa Nacional, general David Munguía Payés, confirmó el desplazamiento inicial del ejército en cuatro cárceles del país. Los militares reforzaron el interior y el exterior de las prisiones de Ciudad Barrios, en el departamento de San Miguel...
  7. 1 2 Valencia Caravantes, Daniel (August 12, 2011). "La batalla de Ciudad Barrios". Revista Marcapasos (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2015. —¿Qué es lo informal? —El control del penal: adentro de los cuatro sectores, depende totalmente de ellos. ¿Entiende por qué le digo que es un control relativo? –explica. En Barrios, la proporción de custodios por reos es de cincuenta a uno.
  8. Martinez, Carlos (September 11, 2012). "La nueva verdad sobre la tregua entre pandillas". El Faro (in Spanish). La cárcel de Ciudad Barrios, ocupada por miembros de la MS-13 y donde están recluidos sus líderes, alberga a cerca de 2,500 hombres pese a tener capacidad para 800...
  9. Valencia, Roberto (September 1, 2014). "El país que entregó las cárceles a sus pandilleros". El Faro (in Spanish). [C]uando uno ingresa [a Ciudad Barrios], los custodios te dejan solo con los anfitriones y cierran con llave el portón a tu espalda. Adentro, la sensación de que el Estado se desvaneció es inevitable.

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