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Terrorism Confinement Center

Low
Verified 29 May 2026
Fresh · 0d ago

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Gallery

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  • Aerial view of CECOT (2).jpg

    Photo by Casa Presidencial , El Salvador via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Aerial view of CECOT.png

    Photo by La Prensa Gráfica via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

  • CECOT Logo.png

    Photo by Government of El Salvador / Gobierno de El Salvador via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • CECOT tour.jpg

    Photo by Casa Presidencial , El Salvador via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Elementos de seguridad en CECOT.jpg

    Photo by Casa Presidencial via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

  • Entrance of CECOT.png

    Photo by La Prensa Gráfica Noticias de El Salvador via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

  • Map of the Terrorism Confinement Center.png

    Photo by PizzaKing13 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Nayib Bukele durante una visita al CECOT.jpg

    Photo by Casa Presidencial via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2022

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Ministry of Justice and Public Security

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2022

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

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Insufficient data
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Data completeness

20%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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