哥斯达黎加一座新落成的最高安全级别超级监狱接收了首批囚犯。该国司法部宣布，这座监狱是在萨尔瓦多政府帮助下建成的，位于首都圣何塞郊区。
A newly opened maximum-security mega-prison in Costa Rica has received its first batch of inmates. The prison was built with the help of the Salvadoran government on the outskirts of the capital, San Jose, the country’s Justice Ministry announced.
哥斯达黎加司法部周二公布了123名囚犯的画面，他们身穿橙色囚服，剃光头，低头而坐，双手抱在颈后。
The Costa Rican Justice Ministry shared images on Tuesday of 123 inmates dressed in orange, seated with their heads shaved and bowed and their hands behind their necks.
司法部长加布里埃尔·阿吉拉尔在一份声明中说：“哥斯达黎加正在书写其监狱史上的新篇章。”
“Costa Rica is writing a new chapter in its penitentiary history,” Justice Minister Gabriel Aguilar said in a statement.
这座新监狱名为“打击有组织犯罪高安全中心”（CACCO），是总统劳拉·费尔南德斯政府所倡导的新“严厉打击犯罪”方针的象征。该监狱可容纳5100名囚犯。
The new prison is called the High-Containment Center Against Organized Crime (CACCO) and constitutes a symbol of a new “tough on crime” approach championed by President Laura Fernandez’s administration. It has a capacity for 5,100 inmates.
CACCO是在萨尔瓦多政府帮助下建成的，位于哥斯达黎加首都圣何塞郊区，耗资3500万美元。费尔南德斯于10月15日为它揭幕。
The CACCO was built with the help of the Salvadoran government on the outskirts of Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose, at a cost of $35m. Fernandez inaugurated it on October 15.
声明还说：“CACCO是国家安全的丰碑，是对有组织犯罪的有力回应，也是国家将毫不犹豫行使权力的保证。”
“CACCO is a monument to national security, a forceful response to organized crime, and a guarantee that the state will exercise its authority without hesitation,” the statement added.
据阿吉拉尔介绍，这座新监狱的容量相当于该国监狱在押人数的20%，“还将有助于缓解监狱系统的过度拥挤”。
The new facility has a capacity equivalent to 20 percent of the country’s prison population and “will also help reduce overcrowding in the prison system”, according to Aguilar.
哥斯达黎加长期以来被视为拉丁美洲最安全的国家之一，但近年来与贩毒和有组织犯罪相关的暴力事件急剧增加。该国2023年录得905起凶杀案，创下纪录，2024年为876起，2025年为873起。
Costa Rica, long regarded as one of the safest countries in Latin America, has in recent years experienced a sharp rise in violence linked to drug trafficking and organised crime. It witnessed a record-setting 905 homicides in 2023, followed by 876 in 2024 and 873 in 2025.
当局将大多数杀人事件归因于犯罪团伙之间争夺贩毒路线和市场的纠纷。其他拉丁美洲国家的右翼领导人也在寻求复制这种超级监狱模式。
Authorities attribute most killings to disputes between criminal groups over drug trafficking routes and markets. Right-wing leaders in other Latin American countries have also sought to replicate the mega-prison model.