One of the Most Congested Prison in the World is in the Philippines (See Photos)

Date: 03-08-2016 10:45 am (7 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
[1] 2
- at 3-08-2016 10:45 AM (7 years ago)
(m)

These photographs by photojournalist Noel Celis who works for AFP reveal the shocking conditions in an overcrowded prison near Manila in the Philippines. Quezon City Jail was built 60 years ago to house 800 prisoners. It now accommodates 3,800 men, who compete daily for space. Inmates take turns to sleep on the floor of an open-air basketball court, on the steps of staircases, underneath beds, and in hammocks made out of old blankets. Their bodies are packed together like sardines, unable to stretch out.  When it rains conditions become even worse because inmates cannot sleep in the open air. The government provides a daily budget of  about $1.10 for food and 8 pence for medicine per inmate, according to an AFP report. There is just one toilet for every 130 men, and buckets of water are used to flush them. The stench is compounded by rotting rubbish in a nearby canal. The Philippine prison system is the third most congested in the world, according to the University of London's Institute for Criminal Policy Research. Conditions in the prison are getting worse as police wage a brutal war on crime. Security forces have killed hundreds of people and detained thousands more in just one month as they have followed the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has said the top priority at the start of his six-year term is to eliminate drugs in society.


Posted: at 3-08-2016 10:45 AM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- Mykie010 at 3-08-2016 10:59 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
GOD forbid how Nigeria own go come be.
Posted: at 3-08-2016 10:59 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- darlingcast at 3-08-2016 11:00 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
That's the price of crime.... Thou some of the inmates might be innocent.
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:00 AM (7 years ago) | Newbie
Reply
- EDDYPRINCE at 3-08-2016 11:08 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
na wa oh,, I WONDER THE KIND OF SMELL FROM THAT PRISON..
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:08 AM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Reply
- gogoman at 3-08-2016 11:09 AM (7 years ago)
Online (m)
na wa ooooooo
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:09 AM (7 years ago) | Grande Master
Reply
- Slimchery at 3-08-2016 11:39 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
wahala full yakpa for this world na waiting person go do na, who dey outside dey complain waiting you say make dem wey dey inside world talk?
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:39 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- morgan1 at 3-08-2016 11:59 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
PLENTY NONSENSE,,,,
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:59 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- kison at 3-08-2016 12:09 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
SEE UR USELESS LIFE OUTSIDE, FUTURE OF TOMORROW INDEED..... Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
Posted: at 3-08-2016 12:09 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- OLUCHI5 at 3-08-2016 01:34 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
na here they suppose pack all our leaders from from Baba to the least go keep.
Posted: at 3-08-2016 01:34 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- GermoDon at 3-08-2016 01:45 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
Naija beta o
Posted: at 3-08-2016 01:45 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- schmit at 3-08-2016 02:44 PM (7 years ago)
(f)
D best way of life na crimefree
Posted: at 3-08-2016 02:44 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- DrSoba at 3-08-2016 03:52 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
I only pity for the innocent once.
Posted: at 3-08-2016 03:52 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- dareper at 3-08-2016 05:35 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
This is inhumane
Posted: at 3-08-2016 05:35 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- CHRISETTE at 3-08-2016 06:07 PM (7 years ago)
(f)
One reason wey you no suppose commit crime
Posted: at 3-08-2016 06:07 PM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- winace at 3-08-2016 06:38 PM (7 years ago)
(f)
Dis is bad na haba. They shld either relocate some or try them once and for all.
Posted: at 3-08-2016 06:38 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Reply
- Tos2130 at 3-08-2016 08:54 PM (7 years ago)
(f)
seriously
Posted: at 3-08-2016 08:54 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- kima77same at 3-08-2016 11:21 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
Do you know, prison is a transit station to hell? Some have been deported from there and made heaven. While some from there, they went to hell
Posted: at 3-08-2016 11:21 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- Slimchery at 4-08-2016 12:39 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
WHO DEY OUTSIDE THANK GOD THOUGH SAY THE OUTSIDE TOO ROUGH BUT BETTER
Posted: at 4-08-2016 12:39 AM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- dickieponga at 4-08-2016 01:08 AM (7 years ago)
(m)
Make una no forget say some naijas i.e Igbo guys wey dem catch for drugs dey dere oo....
Anyway if u get money u go live fine for dat place...
Posted: at 4-08-2016 01:08 AM (7 years ago) | Hero
Reply
- Otikadinje at 4-08-2016 05:29 PM (7 years ago)
(m)
Not my portion

Posted: at 4-08-2016 05:29 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
[1] 2

fire TRENDING GISTS fire

TODAY'S TOP
  1. FAAN Shuts Down KFC Outlet At The Lagos Airport Over Discriminatory Treatment of Ex Gov's Son

  2. Netizens React As a Catholic Reverend Sister is Spotted in Public Drinking Alcohol (Video)

  3. Man Emmanuel Okpara Arrested For Reportedly B£ating His Wife to D£ath in Lagos

  4. Binance Executives Drag NSA Ribadu, EFCC To Court

  5. Rapper, Cynthia Morgan Reveals Why She Was Never S3xually Harassed in The Industry

  6. See List: Nigeria, Egypt Named Among World’s Lowest Salary Earners

  7. A Thief Who Robbed me Was Dating The Police Officer in Charge of my Case – Lady Recounts Ordeal

  8. Singer Waje Expresses Pride as Her Daughter, Emerald Turns 25, Pens Emotional Note to Her

  9. Court Awards Late Biafran Leader, Ojukwu's Will to Bianca, Throws Out First Son, Debe's Case

  10. VIDEO: NAFDAC Raids Factory Where Fake Bottled Water is Produced in Port Harcourt

  11. Nigerian Man Videos The Living Condition of Immigrants Who Were Not Granted Asylum in Portugal


THIS WEEK
  1. Russia President Putin Shocks Many As He Announces That Jesus And Mary Were Black

  2. Ex Chelsea Star, Geremi Njitap Files For Divorce After DNA Reveal He Isn't Father Of Their Twin

  3. Netizens React To Influencer, Enioluwa’s Alleged Leaked S*x Tape

  4. Kim Kardashian Finally Opens Up On Why She Divorced Kanye West

  5. Selena Gomez Shares Sexy Photo As She Put On A Very BUsty Display

  6. Man Videos Himself Taking His Own Life on Facebook Because His Girlfriend Cheated on Him

  7. Photos: Customs Officers Attacked By Suspected Smugglers In Adamawa

  8. "Why I Broke Up With My Girlfriend When I Became A Star" – Singer, Asake

  9. 44Yr Old Bassirou Faye Wins Senegal's Presidential Election, Defeats 62Yr Old Ex Prime Minister

  10. Stop Harassïng Enioluwa, I'm The One in The Leaked S*x Tape - US P0rn Star, Briggs Speaks (VID)


TOP MEMBERS: