Costa Rica has transferred its first 123 inmates to a new maximum-security prison as the government steps up its crackdown on organized crime. The High Containment and Organized Crime Center can hold up to 5,100 prisoners, around a fifth of the country's entire prison population, and was developed with cooperation from El Salvador. Images released by authorities show inmates with shaved heads, wearing orange uniforms and restrained at the wrists and ankles - scenes reminiscent of El Salvador's controversial mega-prison. The facility comes as Costa Rica grapples with rising violence linked to drug trafficking and gang disputes, after years of being considered one of the safest countries in Latin America.

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Costa Rica has transferred its first 123 inmates to a new maximum-security prison as the government steps up its crackdown on organized crime. The High Containment and Organized Crime Center can hold up to 5,100 prisoners, around a fifth of the country's entire prison population, and was developed with cooperation from El Salvador. Images released by authorities show inmates with shaved heads, wearing orange uniforms and restrained at the wrists and ankles - scenes reminiscent of El Salvador's controversial mega-prison. The facility comes as Costa Rica grapples with rising violence linked to drug trafficking and gang disputes, after years of being considered one of the safest countries in Latin America. #costarica #news #prison #elsalvador #crime

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