"The students at UC Berkeley Law's Human Rights Center contributed to a Human Rights Watch report titled You Have Arrived in Hell': Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador's Mega Prison, which details allegations of beatings, sexual abuse and harsh confinement at the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, or CECOT. They analyzed satellite imagery and social media videos posted by prison visitors to help reconstruct the facility's layout and corroborate accounts from 40 former detainees at the maximum-security prison, which held hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants deported by the Trump administration earlier this year."
"A Canadian television network briefly posted the segment on its streaming app on Monday, and the video was soon downloaded and shared widely online. Professor Alexa Koenig, faculty director of the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley, at her home in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. Koenig led the team that did the research which helped document allegations of beatings, sexual abuse and inhumane conditions at an El Salvadoran prison that held Venezuelan immigrants sent there by the Trump administration. CBS News is drawing criticism for pulling a 60 Minutes segment highlighting the research."
UC Berkeley Law's Human Rights Center students contributed to a Human Rights Watch report titled You Have Arrived in Hell': Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador's Mega Prison. The report details allegations of beatings, sexual abuse and harsh confinement at the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT). Students analyzed satellite imagery and social media videos posted by prison visitors to reconstruct the facility's layout and corroborate accounts from 40 former detainees. CECOT held hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants deported by the Trump administration earlier this year. CBS scheduled a 60 Minutes segment featuring the research but pulled it hours before airing. A Canadian network briefly streamed the segment and it spread online.
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