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He said drugs were "pouring into the prison" and 30% of inmates surveyed said they had developed a drug problem since arriving at the prison.

As far as is known, he is now incarcerated at CECOT, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorists, a Salvadoran prison notorious for the ill treatment and torture of its inmates.

In previous years he had washed inmates' feet, mirroring what Jesus is said to have done with his disciples the night before his death.

Chan, 68, is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution on Terminal Island, according to the Board of Prisons, with his release scheduled for 2035.

This would mean selected high-risk inmates would leave their cell only when handcuffed and escorted by three staff, he told the Guardian newspaper.