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Latin American prisons
The recent fire in a prison massacre in Honduras and Mexico, again drew attention to the appalling conditions in prisons in Latin America.
Many prisons are overcrowded, forcing inmates to pull overhead bunk bed from the ceiling or to the floor. In this issue you will see how members of the gang Mara 18 crammed into cells in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador, and how female prisoners are serving their sentences in the women's prison in Ilopango in San Salvador.
14 photos via here © Meridith Kohut / The New York Times
1. The members of the Mara 18 gang huddled in the chambers in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The gang Mara Salvatrucha 18 (also known as M-18 or MS-18) is a criminal organization, whose members are mostly immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
2. Mara, in a translation from Latin damn about - the gang. Salvatrucha, is the name of the subspecies of ants are gathering in crowds and migrating, devouring everything in its path. Photo: Members of the gang Mara 18 in the chambers in Izalco prison.
3. The gang Mara 18 otnosyats to one of the most powerful prison gangs United States and Latin America. The first characteristic feature of "mareros" (members of the gang Mara) is the abundance of tattoos all over his body, as well as a special sign language, which allows you to transmit information without words. "Mareros" are notorious for being too cruel, brutal methods of murder and a special code of "honor", including binding sites offender.
4. handcuffed hands Mara 18 gang members in the prison yard of the prison Izalco in Sonsonate.
5. with lunch trays for inmates include the tortillas, beans, mashed potatoes and slices of meatloaf, mixed with slices of canned pineapple. Prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
6. "Mara Salvatrucha" appeared in the eighties of the last century in Los Angeles, where he settled immigrants from El Salvador, who emigrated from their country to escape the civil war. Originally organized group engaged in the protection of Salvadoran immigrants from hostile Mexican diaspora and African-American gangs. Pictured: convicts members of the gang Mara 18 in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
7. Product alleged members of the gang Mara 18, compiled by prison staff Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
8. Inmates in the prison yard Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador
9. Women prisoners in the cell Women's Prison Ilopango in San Salvador, El Salvador
10 female convicts brought from overcrowded prisons, with a machete clearing field on the prison farm in El Salvador.
11. Female prisoners Prison Ilopango in San Salvador working on Grange Farm, where they learn to agriculture, Salvador.
12. Condemned woman cleans cages with rabbits on the farm prison in El Salvador
13. Jessica Guadeloupe Riva Veli sleeping in a single bed with his mother, Dora Alicia Vali de Rivaz, prisoners of Ilopango in San Salvador, El Salvador
14. Female prisoners brought from overcrowded prisons, rest between shifts at prison farm in El Salvador.
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Many prisons are overcrowded, forcing inmates to pull overhead bunk bed from the ceiling or to the floor. In this issue you will see how members of the gang Mara 18 crammed into cells in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador, and how female prisoners are serving their sentences in the women's prison in Ilopango in San Salvador.
14 photos via here © Meridith Kohut / The New York Times
1. The members of the Mara 18 gang huddled in the chambers in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The gang Mara Salvatrucha 18 (also known as M-18 or MS-18) is a criminal organization, whose members are mostly immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
2. Mara, in a translation from Latin damn about - the gang. Salvatrucha, is the name of the subspecies of ants are gathering in crowds and migrating, devouring everything in its path. Photo: Members of the gang Mara 18 in the chambers in Izalco prison.
3. The gang Mara 18 otnosyats to one of the most powerful prison gangs United States and Latin America. The first characteristic feature of "mareros" (members of the gang Mara) is the abundance of tattoos all over his body, as well as a special sign language, which allows you to transmit information without words. "Mareros" are notorious for being too cruel, brutal methods of murder and a special code of "honor", including binding sites offender.
4. handcuffed hands Mara 18 gang members in the prison yard of the prison Izalco in Sonsonate.
5. with lunch trays for inmates include the tortillas, beans, mashed potatoes and slices of meatloaf, mixed with slices of canned pineapple. Prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
6. "Mara Salvatrucha" appeared in the eighties of the last century in Los Angeles, where he settled immigrants from El Salvador, who emigrated from their country to escape the civil war. Originally organized group engaged in the protection of Salvadoran immigrants from hostile Mexican diaspora and African-American gangs. Pictured: convicts members of the gang Mara 18 in prison Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
7. Product alleged members of the gang Mara 18, compiled by prison staff Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
8. Inmates in the prison yard Izalco in Sonsonate, El Salvador
9. Women prisoners in the cell Women's Prison Ilopango in San Salvador, El Salvador
10 female convicts brought from overcrowded prisons, with a machete clearing field on the prison farm in El Salvador.
11. Female prisoners Prison Ilopango in San Salvador working on Grange Farm, where they learn to agriculture, Salvador.
12. Condemned woman cleans cages with rabbits on the farm prison in El Salvador
13. Jessica Guadeloupe Riva Veli sleeping in a single bed with his mother, Dora Alicia Vali de Rivaz, prisoners of Ilopango in San Salvador, El Salvador
14. Female prisoners brought from overcrowded prisons, rest between shifts at prison farm in El Salvador.
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