Abrego Garcia said detainees at CECOT were subjected to "bright lights that remained on 24 hours a day, and minimal access to sanitation,” among other abuses.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported in March, alleged in court documents filed Wednesday that he was tortured in an El Salvador prison.

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was made to kneel overnight, denied bathroom access and confined in an overcrowded cell with bright lights and no windows, his lawyers say.