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Degradation as salvation: Reflections on El Salvador's punitive prison model

Lutz Oette
The pictures of shaven men with naked upper bodies, sitting in rows back-to-back with fellow prisoners in close proximity, sur-rounded by heavily armed guards, encapsulates the essence of El Salvador's ongoing "war on gangs"

Article, 2024