Amina Al-Sadi

We are not allowed to interact, to speak to any of the prisoners. They are all staring at us. It's so striking to see them. I only spoke to one prisoner. They only made one prisoner available for me to talk to who spoke English, who said that he was from L.A., and shared a little bit of his experience. Are you going to be here the rest of your life?

We are not allowed to interact, to speak to any of the prisoners. They are all staring at us. It's so striking to see them. I only spoke to one prisoner. They only made one prisoner available for me to talk to who spoke English, who said that he was from L.A., and shared a little bit of his experience. Are you going to be here the rest of your life?

And he said, you know, you have to act tough, but you can't fight. And at night, he said, you know, you just kind of cry. You cry at night?

And he said, you know, you have to act tough, but you can't fight. And at night, he said, you know, you just kind of cry. You cry at night?

And he said, you know, you have to act tough, but you can't fight. And at night, he said, you know, you just kind of cry. You cry at night?

El Salvador says these are people who were known, who... And even the human rights advocates I talked to told me, yeah, yeah, the people who are in El Secod are for sure these criminals. However, when I asked the director of the prison... about people being there without convictions, he looked at me and said, no, no, but these are really bad guys.

El Salvador says these are people who were known, who... And even the human rights advocates I talked to told me, yeah, yeah, the people who are in El Secod are for sure these criminals. However, when I asked the director of the prison... about people being there without convictions, he looked at me and said, no, no, but these are really bad guys.

El Salvador says these are people who were known, who... And even the human rights advocates I talked to told me, yeah, yeah, the people who are in El Secod are for sure these criminals. However, when I asked the director of the prison... about people being there without convictions, he looked at me and said, no, no, but these are really bad guys.

It's almost like the notion of, you know, innocent until proven guilty does not exist in there. And so this is something that...

It's almost like the notion of, you know, innocent until proven guilty does not exist in there. And so this is something that...

It's almost like the notion of, you know, innocent until proven guilty does not exist in there. And so this is something that...

I started to understand a lot better when I spent some time and I interviewed their defense minister and their minister of safety and security, who is the person who is in charge of implementing what's known as this Bukele model, where the defense minister was telling me, in the past, we had to wait for people to commit a crime. Now we arrest them first. So you don't need to show evidence.

I started to understand a lot better when I spent some time and I interviewed their defense minister and their minister of safety and security, who is the person who is in charge of implementing what's known as this Bukele model, where the defense minister was telling me, in the past, we had to wait for people to commit a crime. Now we arrest them first. So you don't need to show evidence.

I started to understand a lot better when I spent some time and I interviewed their defense minister and their minister of safety and security, who is the person who is in charge of implementing what's known as this Bukele model, where the defense minister was telling me, in the past, we had to wait for people to commit a crime. Now we arrest them first. So you don't need to show evidence.

You don't need a warrant. I mean, they just take somebody on suspicion of gang affiliation. There's kind of these mass hearings where people are charged with the crimes of the gang of the organization. And then it's very hard to prove that you're not part of that organization or I also asked how many people have been released who proved that they were innocent.

You don't need a warrant. I mean, they just take somebody on suspicion of gang affiliation. There's kind of these mass hearings where people are charged with the crimes of the gang of the organization. And then it's very hard to prove that you're not part of that organization or I also asked how many people have been released who proved that they were innocent.

You don't need a warrant. I mean, they just take somebody on suspicion of gang affiliation. There's kind of these mass hearings where people are charged with the crimes of the gang of the organization. And then it's very hard to prove that you're not part of that organization or I also asked how many people have been released who proved that they were innocent.

And this security and justice minister told me about 8,000 of almost 90,000 who've been detained.

And this security and justice minister told me about 8,000 of almost 90,000 who've been detained.

And this security and justice minister told me about 8,000 of almost 90,000 who've been detained.