The federations that are accompanying this effort are those of softball, handball, chess, weightlifting, table tennis, badminton and baseball, to impact some 20,000 prisoners from Ilopango, Izalco, La Esperanza and Santa Ana, among others.
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San Salvador. Sport, its rules and its protagonists are deprived of liberty, since in the past 2020 the National Institute of Sports of El Salvador and the General Directorate of Penal Centers joined forces so that the interested inmates dedicated themselves to playing.
Thus, both institutions seek to bring the practice of sport closer to those deprived of liberty, to strengthen them in sport and encourage positive habits.
“Through the order, control and discipline that prevails in penitentiary centers, we have managed to implement sport as a form of adequate rehabilitation in the lives of those who are serving their sentence,” said the General Director of Penitentiary Centers, Osiris Luna.
Staff and technicians from some sports federations visit prisons to carry out a diagnosis that allows continuing with the technical assistance program for the development of sports, recreational and inclusion programs; support training activities for the development of suitable sports inside prisons, as well as provide material for the development of the practice of sports disciplines.
The federations that are accompanying this effort are those of softball, handball, chess, weightlifting, table tennis, badminton and baseball, to impact some 20,000 prisoners from Ilopango, Izalco, La Esperanza and Santa Ana, among others.
“Thank you, Director, for betting on sport as a tool for social reintegration. Like you, we believe that everyone has the right to new opportunities,” said the ad honorem president of INDES, Yamil Bukele, through his Twitter account. Previously, those deprived of liberty were trained in the sports disciplines of badminton, baseball 5 and indoor volleyball.
