Human rights groups warn that El Salvador's prisons are marked by overcrowding, lack of access to basic services and repeated rights violations — but that the situation is even worse for women, who are already vulnerable sector of the population.

Human Rights Watch is raising the alarm over the Trump administration's mass deportation of migrants to El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison, where hundreds are being held incommunicado without charges and prompting comparisons to a 'Guantanamo on steroids.

El Salvador’s mega-prison, CECOT, houses over 250 Venezuelans deported from the US as part of a contentious deportation deal. The arrangement, involving $6 million from the US, faces legal challenges and human rights concerns over conditions and detainees' affiliations.