'Factory for prisoners': Harsh Goenka wants El Salvador-like jail in India

Sparking a debate on social media platform, Harsh Goenka recently shared a video of El Salvador's prison, questioning whether similar prisons should be replicated in India.

"Inside El Salvador’s new factory for Prisoners- 2,000 people working every shift. These clothes are made for public schools, prisons, hospitals & govt needs. Each day a prisoner works inside this factory, 2 days are reduced from their sentence," said Harsh Goenka.



El Salvador has lived under a state of emergency that suspends fundamental rights like access to a lawyer. Some 84,000 people have been arrested, accused of gang ties.

Homicides have plummeted in El Salvador and the improved security has fueled Bukele’s popularity.

“El Salvador’s rescue from those nefarious claws is also helping the peace in our region,” Chaves said when he presented Bukele with the recognition last year. “The fight against organized crime in any part of Central America is welcome. The reach and influence and bad example of the gangs must be reduced.”

Campos was scheduled to visit the maximum-security gang prison Bukele built at the start of the state of emergency.

El Salvador Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said Friday that El Salvador was pleased to share its experience with Costa Rica, a country that until recently had been a reference for peace, but now struggles with bloodshed like El Salvador once had.

“This is not a question of copy and paste, but rather of learning what we have done and implementing in each country what precisely can be done to rescue thousands of Costa Ricans, thousands of Salvadorans and imprisoning hundreds,” Villatoro said.

El Salvador's new gang prison, where inmates are held in large cells and never allowed outside, has gained more attention in recent weeks after the U.S. government sent nearly 300 migrants, including more than 200 Venezuelans, it accused of having gang ties to be held there.