Sona Jail Panama ((exclusive)) 🎉

We have decided that movement is a privilege, not a right. We have outsourced our border control to a country with the resources of a mid-sized city and the pressure of a continent. Panama is doing the dirty work for the United States and Europe, and the price is paid in human misery within walls that don't officially exist.

When you hear the phrase “Sona Jail Panama,” most official records will show a blank space. There is no prison legally named Sona in Panama’s national penitentiary system. Yet, in the dark lexicon of human smugglers, narco-corridors, and immigration lawyers, the name carries weight. sona jail panama

Sona (the region) sits just west of the gap. It has become the unofficial "sorting floor." Migrants who survive the jungle are picked up by Panamanian border police (SENAFRONT). Instead of continuing north, many are bused to temporary holding facilities in and around Sona. We have decided that movement is a privilege, not a right