Lilia Luciano

All right, 8,000 of about 90,000 have been released, or so you were told. Or so I was told. So there is a possibility, again, according to Salvadorian officials, there is a possibility that if you are innocent, if you were wrongly incarcerated, you can get out.

All right, 8,000 of about 90,000 have been released, or so you were told. Or so I was told. So there is a possibility, again, according to Salvadorian officials, there is a possibility that if you are innocent, if you were wrongly incarcerated, you can get out.

You know, I was looking around on YouTube and Instagram earlier today, and there are a lot of videos of Sikot, of this prison, not just from traditional media outlets like CBS News, like yours, but also from seemingly random YouTube influencers. What you see behind me is the world's strictest and largest prison.

You know, I was looking around on YouTube and Instagram earlier today, and there are a lot of videos of Sikot, of this prison, not just from traditional media outlets like CBS News, like yours, but also from seemingly random YouTube influencers. What you see behind me is the world's strictest and largest prison.

You know, I was looking around on YouTube and Instagram earlier today, and there are a lot of videos of Sikot, of this prison, not just from traditional media outlets like CBS News, like yours, but also from seemingly random YouTube influencers. What you see behind me is the world's strictest and largest prison.

Nayib Bukele is not hiding this. If anything, he's publicizing this. He invited influencers in.

Nayib Bukele is not hiding this. If anything, he's publicizing this. He invited influencers in.

Nayib Bukele is not hiding this. If anything, he's publicizing this. He invited influencers in.

You report and travel around Latin America. You talk to people who say our country is also suffering from instability. We need a bukele here. It sounds like what you're saying is we might see more attempts at building prisons like this elsewhere in Latin America. Do you envision that being possible?

You report and travel around Latin America. You talk to people who say our country is also suffering from instability. We need a bukele here. It sounds like what you're saying is we might see more attempts at building prisons like this elsewhere in Latin America. Do you envision that being possible?

You report and travel around Latin America. You talk to people who say our country is also suffering from instability. We need a bukele here. It sounds like what you're saying is we might see more attempts at building prisons like this elsewhere in Latin America. Do you envision that being possible?

Lilia Luciano, CBS News. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn and Avishai Artsy. Amina El-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Patrick Boyd engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

Lilia Luciano, CBS News. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn and Avishai Artsy. Amina El-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Patrick Boyd engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

Lilia Luciano, CBS News. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn and Avishai Artsy. Amina El-Sadi edited, Laura Bullard fact-checked, and Patrick Boyd engineered. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.