Richard Madeley Exits El Salvador Jail in 15 Minutes

Richard Madeley has left fans 'cringing' after he was kicked out El Salvador's mega jail 'within 15 minutes' in his new Channel 5 prison documentary. 

In Inside The World's Mega Prison, the presenter joined 3,000 shaven-headed inmates including gang members, rapists and terrorists at the jail. 

However, it was short lived as the  star was kicked out by the prison director, Belarmino Garcia, who wasn't impressed by his questions about living conditions. 

In Cecot, prisoners wear only boxer shorts with their heads shaved, lights are never switched off and there are no family visits, recreational spaces or rehabilitation programmes.

The presenter asked the director about the men, who have 'absolutely nothing whatsoever to do' while sat in their cells, given they are not allowed books, magazines, newspapers or screens.

But Richard soon found himself being taken into a side room where he was told to stop. He said: 'The pace suddenly quickens so perhaps asking about conditions here is pushing to far. I think I may have overstepped the mark.'

The guard shrugged and added: 'I imagine the culture where you come from is different', before Richard and the crew were swiftly ushered out of the compound. 

Fans couldn't help but poke fun that Richard was attempting to be the 'new Louis Theroux' but instead was a 'real life Alan Partridge' following the incident. 

Viewers wrote on X: ' looks to be the new , he should've brought Judy along for good measure';

'Only Richard Madeley could be booted out of a mega jail after 15 minutes'

'Only took the Governor of El Salvadors toughest prison to be in Richard Madeley company for 5 minutes before kicking him out';

'Watching Inside The Mega Prison on with Richard Madeley but wishing it was Louis Theroux;

'We've gone from on gangs to Richard Madeley doing World's Most Dangerous Prisons';

'Poor bleeders. Imagine doing a life sentence in one of the most dangerous prisons in the world and having Richard Madeley in the same enclosed space';

 'He's the real life Alan Partridge. I can't watch/ listen to him. He makes me cringe'

During the documentary, Richard joined prisoners eating rice, beans and tortillas for dinner at El Salvador's mega jail - before pointing out the lack of cutlery and green vegetables.

The broadcaster watched inmates hurriedly take boxes of food through the bars of their concrete cells where they spend 23 and a half hours a day with nothing to do.

Some 3,000 inmates eat the same meals every day at the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot).

Madeley watched the meals being distributed, then tried one out himself - mistakenly dipping his hand in the beans rather than using a tortilla.

He asked prison director Belarmino: 'So they never eat outside the cell, they only ever have their meals in the cell. What's the food, what's dinner tonight?'

Richard Madeley inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in Tecoluca, El Salvador