Prisoners are forced to stand for hours on end in overcrowded cells where there is not even enough room to sit as Duterte's drug war sees thousands of criminals rounded up in Philippines
- Manila City Jail houses five times as many inmates inside as it was designed for, creating horrible conditions
- Prisoners take turns to sleep on a damp, open floor side-by-side in the boiling hot, stinking cell blocks
- Poor hygiene means outbreaks of skin diseases such as boils, infections, and tuberculosis are rampant
- Overcrowding means jails have little money to feed inmates so they get by on rancid gruel
Shocking photos reveal the overcrowding and harsh daily life inside Manila City Jail created by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war.
Inmates are crammed together like the sardines they eat every day in their meager meals, taking turns to sleep on a damp, open floor side-by-side in the boiling hot cell blocks.
The jail was built to house 1,000 prisoners but is bursting at the seams with more than 5,000 - 80 per cent of new arrivals being drug users swept up in Duterte's zero-tolerance policy.
A raid on Manila City Jail reveals the shocking overcrowding and harsh daily life created by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war
Those with some but not much money can buy an 'apartment' shared by two to four people, creating areas that resemble shanty towns or slums, right next to the floor the poor prisoners take turns to sleep on
The jail was built to house 1,000 prisoners but is bursting at the seams with more than 5,000 - 80 per cent of new arrivals being drug users swept up in Duterte's zero-tolerance policy
An officer checks inside a prisoner's bucket for contraband and hundreds of others wait to be searched in Wednesday's raid
Dormitory blocks are cramped, poorly lit and with hardly any ventilation that makes them stink even if they are cleaned and scrubbed with the strongest disinfectants.
The tropical climate makes it blistering hot year-round, and outbreaks of skin diseases such as boils, infections, and tuberculosis are rampant.
During the day there is not even room to crouch or sit down, forcing inmates to stand for hours on end.
Jails don't have enough money to properly feed prisoners so they get by on tiny rations of rice and fish, often containing rusty nails and cockroaches, forcing them to go hungry or steal other inmates food.
The tropical climate makes it blistering hot year-round, and outbreaks of skin diseases such as boils, infections, and tuberculosis are rampant
During the day there is not even room to crouch or sit down, forcing inmates to stand for hours on end
Dormitory blocks are cramped, poorly lit and with hardly any ventilation that makes them stink even if they are cleaned and scrubbed with the strongest disinfectants
Thousands of inmates were seen crammed into exercise yards while cells were searched, most shirtless to relieve the stifling heat
The food has very little nutritional value and is served as slop from a communal pot and prepared the very poor hygiene standards.
Drinkable water is also hard to come by due to faulty pipelines and disease is further spread by sick inmates not being separated from healthy ones.
Life is a little better for richer prisoners who can buy a 'condominium' that separates them from other inmates by wooden walls, and for US$90 dollars a spartan cot.
Those with some but not much money can buy an 'apartment' shared by two to four people, creating areas that resemble shanty towns or slums.
Jails don't have enough money to properly feed prisoners so they get by on tiny rations of rice and fish
Contraband found in the raid included improvised tooters, bladed weapons, weapons created from utensils, power tools, extension cords, mobile phones, and drug paraphernalia
Food often contains rusty nails and cockroaches, forcing them to go hungry or steal other inmates food
The food has very little nutritional value and is served as slop from a communal pot and prepared the very poor hygiene standards
Everyone else fights for space on the floor using rice or flour sacks, or even newspapers, as bedding.
The photos that revealed the appalling conditions were taken during a raid at 4am on Wednesday searching for contraband and confiscated 10 bags of banned items.
They included improvised tooters, bladed weapons, weapons created from utensils, power tools, extension cords, mobile phones, and drug paraphernalia.
Thousands of inmates were seen crammed into exercise yards, most shirtless to relieve the stifling heat, waiting while officers wearing face masks and leading sniffer dogs scoured the cells.
Drinkable water is also hard to come by due to faulty pipelines and disease is further spread by sick inmates not being separated from healthy ones
An officer finds cash that has been snuck into the jail to pay for contraband like mobile phones or even drugs smuggled in
A heavily-armed guard watches over the prisoners as they wait outside for their cells to be searched
Guards wore face masks to protect themselves from the rancid conditions inside the jail as they made their search
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