Hours before broadcast Dec. 21, a group of campus students and staff from the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center’s Investigations Lab were informed that CBS News was pulling a “60 Minutes” segment they were interviewed in that was slated to air that evening. The nearly 14-minute segment detailed the group’s research as part of its investigation into the detention conditions and treatment of U.S. migrants sent to CECOT, or the Center for Terorrism Confinement. CECOT is the largest prison in the Americas and based in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Alexa Koenig, the director of the Human Rights Center’s Investigations Lab, noted that there is a “tension” between the Trump administration’s claims about CECOT’s detainees and the Human Rights Watch’s findings, which the group’s research corroborated. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Emily Hamill 📸: Andoe Glaser . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #humanrightscenter #60minutes