“60 Minutes” aired an updated version of a critical segment on the Trump administration and El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison Sunday after it was pulled last month by editor in chief Bari Weiss.

The new version of the piece, which includes interviews from Venezuelans who had been deported by the Trump administration to the prison, was three minutes longer and included the White House’s reaction, as well as a more critical look at the prisoners themselves.

Last month, Weiss shelved the report by correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, saying it was not “comprehensive and fair” and lacked a response from the Trump administration.

The original piece stated only eight of 252 men deported to CECOT had been convicted of violent crimes in the US, but that stat sounded off to Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski, said a source with knowledge of the matter.

After pushing for more reporting, a closer look revealed that about half of the 252 men had had contact with the American justice system — either criminal convictions or pending charges in the US, the person explained.

Also, there was no scrutiny of the prisoners interviewed in the piece before it got yanked, the source said. After Weiss made her notes, reporters discovered that one of the detainees interviewed in the report had tattoos of a swastika and the number 666, which is associated with the Aryan Brotherhood — facts that higher-ups felt needed to be addressed in the story.

The piece that aired Sunday night mentioned the tattoos, which could arguably undermine the prisoner’s credibility.

A second source with knowledge of the situation noted that some staff at “60 Minutes” — which has long been known for running as its own fiefdom within CBS News — pushed back on Weiss’ call for more reporting.

Alfonsi was openly critical of Weiss’s decision to yank the story, saying in a recent email to colleagues that she thought the move was politically motivated — not driven by journalistic standards.

“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now—after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one,” Alfonsi wrote in part.

She also said “60 Minutes” had tried to get comment from the White House, State Department and Homeland Security Department, to no avail.

“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” she wrote. “Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story.”

The back-and-forth over the CECOT story comes as CBS News’ parent Paramount Skydance has been trying to prevent Netflix from buying Warner Bros. Discovery. The Trump administration supports Paramount in the politically charged bidding war, as The Post previously reported.

Since Alfonsi’s statement leaked, there have been rumors that Weiss killed the story, which a source close to the exec called “just total f–king horses–t.”

Weiss did not comment.

A rep for the network said: “CBS News leadership has always been committed to airing the ’60 Minutes’ CECOT piece as soon as it was ready. Tonight, viewers get to see it, along with other important stories, all of which speak to CBS News’ independence and the power of our storytelling.”