House of nearly 20,000 inmates Currently, there is nothing new about New Bilibid prison. was founded in 1940 after the old Bilibid Prison Muntinlupa transfer - one of the cities in Metro Manila - this detention center were also some notable figures in the history of the Philippines, includes: Jovito Salonga, a Philippine senator during the Japanese occupation imprisoned ; Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines; and AmadoV. Hernandez, a recipient of the prestigious National Artist for Literature Prize. On top of these figures Thousands unknown numbers of new Bilibid Prison have called their home for several years, some of them even spent most of their lives within the limits of its walls.
Life in prison is never easy, but here in the Philippines, it is only getting worse even by the standards of the country. The congestion rate this prison is 129% and most of the facilities are sub-standard is used. The food is barely tolerable if not terrible, and the usual meal consisting of soup without meat, rice and Chinese water spinach, known locally in the Philippines as "kangkong". This is performed a popular leafy vegetables to pigs from people in the country, by the way.
first time here occupants a traumatizing experience in the crimes ever have. Just like any other prison in the Philippines, there is a certain "respect level" where inmates with a specific crime. For example, do not get at all rapists, "Respect" and the usual reception for them in prisons can be of a simple kick or physical abuse by other inmates daily rich sodomized. but Yucky true. Some inmates are sexually deprived even their fellow prisoners take. Murderers and robbers can get a higher degree of respect and also can be a "mayor" -a slang that refers with many privileges on the head of the cell. Inmates with low command presence or not know how to defend themselves, often even "enslaved" while to find their stay. It is not uncommon for them to be porter or "official" masseurs of the mayor and other inmates. Western readers may be shocked by this, but this is a recognized tradition in Philippine prisons, especially in New Bilibid prison.
not Hells in the cells. Also in the playgrounds, find Newcomer occupants against themselves discriminated. There are sections in this already overburdened system, which are sometimes reserved for a specific band. Who are unlucky enough to get lost in a foreign territory can be found in the least physically abused. Unlike in prisons in developed countries, calls are not free - they are put Collect invoiced. Inmates who can afford to buy some of the guards can be used in mobile phones. Well-to-do-prisoners can also build their own private space. Until a few years, the media discovered that some privileged prisoners their own spaces with complementary air conditioning units, refrigerator, soft beds and televisions.
Life in the Philippines is unfair, but it is even clearer in the New Bilibid prison. I had an unfortunate chance to visit the prison once, when I was a part of my work at school. The picture of the miserable life in this complex is still so clear that the day when I was there, even after several years. , Read the I Whenever® the Crime news or anything related to your friends about this prison, I do not pay emphatically that crime can relate, in fact, that if you Especially on the Philippines.
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