SocietyCosta Rica’s mega-prison receives its first inmates

Costa Rica’s newly opened maximum-security mega-prison has taken in its first inmates. President Laura Fernandez inaugurated the $35m facility near San Jose on October 15; built with Salvadoran government assistance, it can hold up to 5,100 people.

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