This week, a woman was freed from prison in El Salvador after spending 15 years behind bars. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín, 34, has always maintained that she didn’t have an abortion ...

Between them, they had served nearly 50 years in prison. Their crime ... with a comfortable and dignified life. But in truth, with no option to abort in El Salvador, some parents see little ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, ...

El Salvador’s government says that criminal ... that aims to prepare them for life after prison. On a hot Sunday morning in the Dina neighborhood, an 18th Street stronghold in south San Salvador ...

This narrative — that Bukele’s takedown of the gangs improved life in El Salvador such ... Seemingly overnight, El Salvador’s prison population swelled to 109,519 people, about 2.5 percent ...

The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime. Tens of thousands of ...

In El Salvador, prison visits are prohibited ... Under the slogan "proof of life," several NGOs launched a campaign in October to demand prisoner visits and the release of inmates' medical ...

An curved arrow pointing right. El Salvador’s government released footage of its new "megaprison," which can hold up to 40,000 inmates. More from News El Salvador’s government released footage ...