The prison is know to have been dominated by a blood gang called 'Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)'. Their faces and bodies are covered in
ink, telling the stories of the crimes they have committed and in honour
of who they have done so all over their bodies.
They
are drug pushers, murderers, rapes and weapons dealers - members of the Mara
Salvatrucha (MS-13), a gang so feared in El Salvador prison that they have been
left to run their own prison.
In
Penas Ciudad Barrios, the Mara Salvatrucha control their own miniature
society of some 2,500 incarcerated members, complete with a bakery,
workshops, a hospital and rehab.
The
prison guards and the El Salvadorian army remain on the outside,
ensuring that the prisoners stay behind bars, but doing very little to
meddle in affairs on the other side of the gates.
Penas
Ciudad Barrios is a maximum security prison exclusively housing Mara
Salvatrucha gang members, located in the capital San Salvador.
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