USA: Video of ‘Pornoparty’ at maximum security jail shows scantily-clad strippers giving lapdances to prisoners

The celebration has been dubbed "the Pornoparty" with around 200 inmates apparently taking part.

This shocking footage filmed inside a maximum security prison apparently features three strippers who were brought in to entertain 200 male inmates.

Prisoners were reportedly treated to the racy, naked show after applying to prison chiefs for permission.

They had asked for a disco and a show by a female dance group so they could celebrate a famous religious festival in style.

But as the footage shows, the trio of scantily-clad ladies gave a raunchy performance, gyrating with each other and even giving out lapdances.

The video, which has surfaced on social media sites in the past few days, shows the party at the notorious Izalco Jail in El Salvador.

Government officials have vowed to investigate the saucy shindig.Prisons Minister Rodil Hernandez shifted the blame to his predecessor, Nelson Rauda, insisting the controversial party took place in September 2012.The official request, sent by then-prison chief Jose Abarca on behalf of inmates to the country’s former Prisons Director, has also been leaked.

It shows how they asked for permission for cells to remain open to mark Virgin of Mercy Day, before the raucous party.

One of the men sitting on the ground has his face and forearms covered with tattoos, a sign he belongs to a dangerous gang or maras.

Another inmate can be heard shouting: “Dance, dance, come here, don’t worry no-one’s going to touch you” as three women end up naked on the prison patio, lapdancing on the wolf-whistling men’s laps.The 41-second video is understood to have been found on a phone confiscated from a criminal gang member as part of a separate investigation.The celebration has already been dubbed the Izalco Pornoparty.

A Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed in a statement: “Following the publication of a video showing a party at Izalco Jail, the Head of the Prisons Service has ordered an internal investigation to clarify what happened and hold those responsible accountable.

“We are currently awaiting the results of that investigation.”

Patricia Valdivieso, MP for the opposition ARENA party, said: “We don’t know if these women were forced or threatened to perform and how many of these types of parties there’ve been.“The video shows there’s even a prison officer enjoying himself at the party and that can’t be tolerated.And it goes without saying that if it happened at this prison, it could have happened at others.”

One local complained on Facebook: “So this is how people in our country pay for their crimes!”

Another added: “The real tragedy is that honest law-abiding citizens in this country get crucified by taxes while these idiot criminals enjoy themselves.”

Prisons in some south American countries are famed for their policies of letting inmates do whatever they like inside jail except escape.

Last month prisoners at a maximum-security jail on a holiday island in Venezuela, terrified tourists by firing guns from the roof of their jail in a noisy send-off to a murdered crime boss.