President Daniel Noboa reported on the construction of prisons that seek to replicate Nayib Bukele’s model to guarantee adequate isolation of inmates.
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, confirmed the start of the construction of two maximum security prisons. Inspired by the model implemented by the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele, the initiative seeks to establish “adequate isolation of people,” according to Noboa in a radio interview.
The new facilities, whose The first stone will be laid on January 11will be located in two strategic regions: the Amazon and the Pacific coast. The president highlighted that these provinces are areas with less influence of narcoterrorist groupsmarking a contrast with the current prison conditions in the country.
Noboa, who assumed the presidency on November 23, announced that The prisons will follow the same design and will be built by the same company that worked on the prisons of El Salvador and Mexico. In this regard, he stated: “For all Bukele lovers, it is an equal prison.”
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The Ecuadorian president highlighted the importance of separate the most dangerous inmateswith the objective of stop the prison massacres that have left 460 prisoners dead since February 2021. The initiative seeks to move prisons away from areas densely populated by criminals, as is the case of the current prison in Guayaquil.
The controversial megaprison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, inaugurated in February 2023, serves as a reference for the model that Ecuador intends to implement. With capacity for 40,000 peoplethis prison has been criticized by human rights organizations due to the alleged violation of the fundamental rights of inmates.
Although some voices in Colombia advocate replicating the El Salvador model, President Gustavo Petro has expressed reservations, pointing out concerns generated by the conditions in which inmates live in Salvadoran facilities.
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