60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

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Source: theguardian.com
60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

Segment that Bari Weiss had removed provides in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison

A 60 Minutes episode investigating a brutal prison in El Salvador, which CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled from the air on Sunday, appeared online on Monday after appearing on a Canadian TV app.

The segment, which runs for nearly 14 minutes and was viewed by the Guardian, provides an in-depth look at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) prison in El Salvador. It opens with footage of the megaprison and shows detainees being shackled upon arrival in El Salvador.

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