Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities in a central hallway.

The Trump administration has deported 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador via a 1798 law despite a judge's order.

President Trump commented on video from Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, showing hundreds of alleged criminal migrants arriving in Central America after being deported from the U.S.

Human rights advocates warn that the deportees legal rights were violated as they were transferred to the CECOT, a mega-prison established by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for his crackdown on gangs in the country. The facility, according to the Associated Press, can hold up to 40,000 inmates; up to 70 people are housed in a single cell.

A flight carrying 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua deported from the US has arrived in El Salvador where they were taken to a high-security prison, video released by the government of El Salvador showed.