Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRichard Madeley was removed from a controversial maximum-security prison in El Salvador while filming for a new Channel 5 documentary. He was visiting the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison, which houses thousands of inmates serving life sentences. Madeley's line of questioning to prison director Belarmino Garcia focused on the inmates' living conditions and their lack of activities. His questioning was deemed to have “overstepped the mark”, leading to him and his crew being asked to stop filming and cease their inquiries. Madeley reflected that he might have pushed too far by asking about the conditions within the facility. In fullRichard Madeley removed from mega prison after questioning head guard on inmates’ conditionsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Madeley watched inmates hurriedly take boxes of food through the bars of their concrete cells at the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) where they spend 23 and a half hours a…

Richard Madeley faced an alarming moment in a huge and controversial maximum security prison in El Salvador as the trailer for the series is released by Chanel 5