It is no new to force prisoners to do all kinds of work anywhere in the world. And El Salvador was by no means an exception: The Government led by Nayib Bukel presents the Plan Nada Entertainment as a novelty. Through it, nearly 3,000 prisoners in prisons are today working by labour. Prisoners are required to perform all kinds of forced labour, with days of up to eight hours, in exchange for their "stay in prison" (i.e. without any remuneration).
The Ezer Aisialdi Ez Plan is based on the "reparation of the harm caused to society" of prisoners, working for the government in conditions of misery. This plan includes prisoners with "good behavior" ("rehabilitated"), with the objective of starting the so-called "Trust Phase" and, gradually, carrying out the tasks that the government has established (cleaning, construction, sewing, etc. ). These jobs are taken out of jail, and the plan sells it as a "permission to go outside."
These "permits" are progressive and, ultimately, unpaid days. First, they take prisoners out of jail to make four-hour days. Gradually, if they continue to have "good behavior", they are given eight-hour days. At the end of each day they return to prison. And at all times, police and military forces closely monitor prisoners.
Depending on the hours of work they do, they are reduced to prison terms, so the more hours they work, the more time they will theoretically end their prison incomes.
The Central American and Caribbean Games (which are held every four years), for example, will allow this workforce of prisoners. 500 men imprisoned in El Salvador are forced to build sports courts and stadiums and female prisoners to make clothing for young athletes.
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