Ah yes, the governing by fear tactic. This always ends well.

It’s always the people you most suspect…

I was about to say - won’t the American private prison industry object to being deprived of this business? Then I came to my senses and realized that it costs less to operate prisons in El Salvador. Capitalism would drive for-profit prisons out of the country, towards lower cost locations, if allowed by the government just like it drives manufacturing out.