What ‘60 Minutes’ didn’t air: UC Berkeley research on alleged abuse at El Salvador mega-prison

CBS’ decision to pull a “60 Minutes” segment on alleged torture and inhumane conditions inside a notorious El Salvador prison just hours before it aired stunned the UC Berkeley students whose research helped underpin the report.

The students at UC Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center contributed to a Human Rights Watch report titled “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” which details allegations of beatings, sexual abuse and...