Costa Rica vows to build mega-prison in crime crackdown

The article centers government commitment to a security infrastructure response without questioning efficacy or exploring root causes of violence. Language is descriptive rather than charged, but the framing accepts the state's crime-control narrative at face value. The opening statistic establishes urgency for state action, a common rhetorical move in establishment coverage of criminal justice.

Primary voices: state or recognized government

• This article does not address whether mega-prisons have reduced homicide rates in comparable jurisdictions
• This article does not examine socioeconomic, drug-trafficking, or gang-related root causes of violence
• This article does not include perspectives from criminal justice reform advocates or incarcerated persons' rights organizations
• This article does not discuss alternative security strategies Costa Rica is considering or rejecting