"The piece contains damning reporting about the nature of CECOT, where the Trump administration sent immigrants to be imprisoned without due process. One former prisoner Alfonsi spoke with said that upon his arrival with other prisoners, the prison director told them, Welcome to Hell. The former prisoner described being beaten by guards, who knocked out one of his teeth. Before arriving at the infamous Salvadoran prison, the inmates thought they were simply being sent back to Venezuela."
"Another former inmate described what was called The Island, which is a small, unventilated room that is completely dark. It's a cell for punishment, where you can't see your hand in front of your face, he explained. After they locked us in, they came to beat us every half hour. And they pounded on the door with their sticks to traumatize us while we were in there."
CBS pulled an upcoming 60 Minutes segment about CECOT and said the report will air in a future broadcast. The video is available on iCloud and was posted to YouTube. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi criticized the decision internally, calling it corporate censorship. The reporting documents severe abuses at CECOT, including beatings, a punishment cell called "The Island" that is unventilated and pitch dark, routine assaults every half hour, and allegations of sexual assault by guards. Hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants were sent there by the Trump administration, which labeled them gang members, though most lack criminal records.
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