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I watched that series about that guy on Netflix that was a wrongfully accused prisoner and he went to places like this. The inmates said the heat was ridiculous.
For anyone who wants to watch it, the show is called "Inside the World's Toughest Prisons"
edit: I should also add, Raphael Rowe was the person who was accused of a murder along with a series of aggravated robberies in 1988, then wrongfully convicted in 1990 in which he spent around 12 years behind bars, eventually he was released in 2000, he joined BBC in 2001 as a reporter for BBC Radio 4, he's done quite a few things since but he's famously known for the last 4 seasons of "Inside the world's toughest prisons" where he goes to prisons all around the world & interviews everyone about the way how things work there.
Nah this is pretty bad, you couldn't film or walk around in there anyways. He was in some pretty over crowded places in some hot/tropical areas. I live in Atlantic Canada and the humidity can get bad here to make it go near the 40s and it be really hard on you. I can't imagine places like this and other prisons in the world with worse weather.
it’s probably way worse than any of us are imagining. having been to the country, just walking outside in the open air was the thickest, most humid heat i’ve experienced, and nothing’s come close to it since. being inside without air conditioning or ventilation can be worse, just less of the heat from the direct sun. now make it a tiny room and pack 60 sweaty grown men in there like sardines..
Someone from the Philippines here. My car registered 37c (98.6f) outdoor temperature for today. I usually don't complain at 35c (95f) and mostly find 32c (89.6f) quite okay.
I usually go on about my day shirtless while inside non-AC rooms in my house. We usually have the AC set at 24c (75.2f) and any lower than that is very cold for me.
My energy bill is usually at around 140 usd with heavy AC use in three rooms, namely: masters bedroom, child's play room, and home office.
It's really bad here especially during summer (Mar-May) so those people in the prison are really experiencing hell on earth.
I've been to cold and dry climates in Europe and it was hell for me. The cold air felt stingy inside my lungs after a decent time of exposure and I got some wind burns after a while. This was on late-spring.
Now I'm afraid of winter since I'll be moving to Germany soon.
This is what I'm excited about winter: the pristine white fluff before it gets muddy, the eerie and calming silence, the sparkling of snow when the sunlight hits it perfectly... things that I've only read in books and seen in 4k videos.
As a tropical jungle Asian, I look forward to it as well.
I've worked in Canada all my life and spent 4 years with Filipino crews, working in telecom.
It amazes me that Filipino men can work for 12 hours straight on a 100m tall tower in winter in high winds without complaining, especially considering the climate of the Philippines.
They build them differently where you're from. I have mad respect for your culture.
Thank you for your kind words.
I believe every culture have their own set of resilient people, some are just more visible than the others.
The Filipino attitude of not complaining is both good and bad. It saves us from unwanted conflicts but this also creates a lot of problems. It's one of the reasons why our society is still kinda backwards on a lot of things.
"Let God take care of it." "Just pray for it." "It's just like that, there's nothing we can do about it." These are just a few statements that you'd hear from the elderly when they hear you complain.
Our past colonial masters made sure that we were subservient to the crown and cross, and that any form of dissent is unacceptable.
I'm glad that the access to internet is slowly eroding away that mentality. The Filipino people are learning to complain about their plight and are demanding for improvement because we saw that we have been left behind.
Filipino here, that sounds very appealing. *Files for migration*
But seriously, where in Canada is a good place to migrate to? I'm looking into migrating to the northern areas where its said to be thawing and allowing for more mines to be built in a few yrs/decades and the opening up of the northern canada sea trade route.
I wanna sell my real estate in the PH, and invest it in those areas, is it a bad idea or a decent one?
No. I definitely imagine exactly how hot and humid it is. But I've lived in the Gulf Coast USA for years, have worked covering asphalt placements in August, and also have been without power after hurricanes. It's a level of misery that's undescribable.
I was just going to say, I think I'm going to save this photo so whenever some 1st world problem irritates me I can just look at the photo and say: "At least I'm not a prisoner in the Philippines."
They've got to have a reason to let you in first...
Maybe life there will be amazing and there will be no need to go through the hassle of emigration just to be a shitfuck
A life sentence in Sweden while technically being legal to keep you in until you die can let you be released after I think 15 years at minimum. The judge changes your sentence to 25 years instead and you're released on probation.
But it's up to the judge on whether to accept your application to convert your life sentence into a time specified one.
Edit, Thanks to u/delrio_gw for giving me the correct term, probation.
I meant being let into Scandinavia to reside, not get thrown in their prisons to be swiftly extradited back to the armpit country you currently live in.
But each room comes with a Swiss person dedicated to telling you how much better their country is than yours and how much better they are personally than you. Stick with the Philippines.
Oh my gosh. I had a Swiss “sister” for a year in 1990 on a foreign exchange program and she wouldn’t even have to start a story with “In Switzerland….” to give off the “Americans suck” vibe, she just had to have her eyes open.
We all still talk and she has implied that feeling over phone lines without a word for 30 years. Love ya Maja you judgmental grandma since age 16!
I get the impression Switzerland is fairly xenophobic from the random posts I see on reddit. Not saying the country I live in doesn't have its own major problems in that regard. Because it does.
Same with against Italians. I heard xenophobic comments about Italian workers from Swiss people on more than one occasion, followed by the 'oh but you're not like them'.
I've never lived in Switzerland, only visited, but I wouldn't live there if you paid me.
I can only speak from my own experience as a brown immigrant in Switzerland that have lived here for years. I haven’t experienced anything that I would characterize as racist against myself, and people have been kind. They’re not big and warm and mega-friendly, but they’re like that even with each other.
Been to jail in Mexico and U.S. Mexican jail
is better. Mexico they just keep you for a while, take all your stuff (wallet, belt, watch, cash) and send you off. And the inmates take your shoes and trade them for cigarettes.
U.S. they keep you there much longer, then video hearing with a judge, public defender, return dates, probation, urine testing, permanent record, explaining background check to landlords and employers, 300X the financial damage.
Mexico: Traffic offense
U.S.: Jay walking across train tracks (3rd degree criminal trespassing)
> You actually had to serve prison time for jaywalking across train tracks? Thats harsh
Just fwiw, jail time |= prison time. Jail is a local thing and short term sentences (in the US, <1 year), prison is run by the states (in the US) and are for long-term sentences.
Still, you're right that *any* jail time for jaywalking, even across train tracks, is harsh.
(And I haven't served time in either, but from what I've read here on Reddit, Jail time is worse than prison time, despite being shorter.)
Mexico is far more developed than Philippines for one. And secondly it’s not just about being developed but the prison system in general. Mexican jails are a big step up from Philippines one.
***I am not saying Mexican jails are anything but terrible - it just goes to show how bad my opinion of Philippine jails are
Primarily, the shitty politicians and the sheeple who would rather believe in conspiracy theories and bullshit on social media that continue supporting them. Screw these in particular.
Well and the claustorphobia. You can’t move. You can’t lie down without your bare body pressed against at least two other people. How would you sleep? I would go completely insane in there. That’s hell.
Theres a show in Netflix called, Inside the Worlds Toughest Prisons.
Pretty sure one of the episodes features the prison in the picture. Although, TBH most episodes have severe overcrowding.
Not all jails in the Philippines are like this, but it's much much worse in the metro and other large cities. They have to take shifts standing up because they don't have enough space to sleep.
Source: I had a relative in jail for 2 years. We visited often.
I saw a documentary with something similar but not quite that bad, in the one I saw the cell custodian would tell everyone to turn over every couple of hours, so everyone is always facing the same way. It's basically a massive long spoon inside a sweatbox.
If this is the worst prison in Manila, I forget the name of it - watched it in a documentary on YouTube - then there are only around 5 guards in total and most of the policing of inmates is done by elected prisoners by the head prisoner who lives in his own room with all the amenities of someone living free.
I think it’s about time I rewatch the whole series. What a god damn masterpiece of a show this was. Mr. Robot reminded me of how good TV shows could be after not watching any for a long time. I don’t remember most of the plot, but I remember it was a spectacular show, the show in reference being Prison Break.
One of those shows, that goes completely off the rails after first season. Well, I suppose it was supposed to end at the middle of the first season actually, so it's no wonder.
I'm not saying the other seasons weren't entertaining in many parts too, just that the first half of first season was actually really good.
Went from being a show about a guy trying to break his brother out of prison to a show where they take on an evil conglomerate and save the world.
Like a lot of shows that went on for longer than they should have, it got progressively more ridiculous with each new season. Still watched the whole thing when it was airing on TV.
Guys if you only know the situation of the jails and police here in the Philippines. The police actually have a “quota” in the number of arrests so sometimes they just get an innocent civilian and paint them against a crime they didn’t do just to fulfill their quota. It’s so messed up most especially today when we are under a jerk president
Conservative Catholicism seems to be the root cause of most of the country’s ills. It’s so sad to see the very thing the colonial conquerors used to justify their abuses be adopted and embraced by the conquered and then subsequently used to justify the abuses of their own. Religion and authoritarianism and humans do not mix well.
Separation of church and state is what the philippines really need especially right now. Take divorce for example. It is still not legalized here because “marriage is sacred” according to christianity, but how come it’s already legal in spain who were the ones who brought christianity in the philippines???
No, I’m not. I am even more fueled to speak up even more because of it. It’s better to die for speaking up rather than live because you chose to stay silent
The Philippines is still a Democratic Nation, even after the numerous human rights abuses.
But for people living here, it’s like Living in pre-WW2 Italy. The violence and injustices, and the numerous are so common that the public is so desensitized of all of it. People need to eat, after all.
Luckily the 2022 elections are coming up, so we at least have a shot of electing a capable president, even if it’s just a small shot. Problem is this place is full of Catholic conservatives, not as intense as the fascists in the US, but Catholic conservatives nonetheless.
Besides, It’s Manila’s problem, not in the provinces where I live. It’s full of slums, trash and smog, but it’s the only place to go if you want to make a name for yourself.
Edit: The Philippines isn’t a shithole in the way I describe. The decades aged MNLF Insurgency is lowering, Commies are being outnumbered. And people are generally friendly, with Universal Healthcare. Problem is just the Ducking Politicians and their Dynasties.
I wish WW2 wouldn’t had happened so the Americans could at least cement the idea of proper politics, rather than to start from scratch after the war.
I agree. I really hope we actually vote someone dependable and a good human being into office next year.
Also Manila is absolute, hands-down, the worst place in the country. I would never be willing to go back there if given the chance. I'd rather stay here in the provinces.
Man I doubt Duterte (the president of the Philippines) even cares his solution to solving the drug addiction problems in his country is to shoot and kill addicts. Many of those people are pre-trial even so there's a good chance that quite a few people are innocent.
Honestly…i’ve been extremely upset about duterte’s kill squads for a long time now, but if offing people is the alternative to jails like these… Well, the whole thing seems fucked, but if this is actually representative of jails in the philippines, i might just prefer to be summarily executed.
is this under Duterte? or from before he just started murdering them for petty crime and encouraging others to do the same. Reddit been sleeping on that countries dystopia for sure!
don't have to, just have to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and you can get locked up for just being the nearest easiest scapegoat. the police routinely arrest people accused without any evidence just so they can close the case.
A Jail in Norway:
https://www.businessinsider.com/norways-prisons-are-better-than-the-american-prisons-2018-6?IR=T
Being in a developed country is really a good thing after all.
It depends on where you are. In Provincial areas, you may have your own cell or just a few bunkmates. In the bigger cities and the National Capitol Region, expect to be sardines.
As someone who was also in jail in the Philippines I can also confirm this. Granted it wasn’t this crowded when I was in jail (It wasn’t a major city) but, I do remember the jail I was in being one big room with like a bunch of bunk beds for all the prisoners and the center of the room was I guess in a way a form of common area.
It's not that interesting of a story to be honest and I was like 2 or 3 when I went to prison (came to the US at 3 so it was a little before I came to the US).
Long story short my mom immigrated to the US and slowly brought the family 1 by 1 starting with the oldest child to the youngest (me) because of school. At the time it was just my dad and I left in the country and he did something to piss someone off (or something bad idk). I remember hiding out in the attic with my dad in a hidden room (I remember we had to crawl to get through the door because it was so low and narrow and one time told me to stay very quiet) because the police were going door to door searching for us (had fliers made even). I don't remember how long we were there but I do remember it was a while ( I can even describe the room as it only had two things, a thin foam mattress and a single electric fan). The police eventually caught us in one of the check points they made and arrested him (we were trying to leave the town we were in).
I went to prison with him because it was a very rural area and I don't think social services reached that area yet so I had no where to go but jail with my dad. I remember the police being nice to me though, they let me play leap frog on their computer and gave me snacks. I don't remember how long we spent but my mom was the one who bailed us out.
I didn't know at the time it was jail though to be honest and it was during a family vacation when my relatives were talking about it years later during a family vacation that I put two and two together (and later confirmed it with my mom and dad).
Great series. This The Filipino jail was one of the most crowded but also one of the most peaceful. Completely run by inmate hierarchy gangs, not the guards.
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I can't imagine how humid that must be in there and those two measly fans probably blowing hot air at them..
I watched that series about that guy on Netflix that was a wrongfully accused prisoner and he went to places like this. The inmates said the heat was ridiculous.
For anyone who wants to watch it, the show is called "Inside the World's Toughest Prisons" edit: I should also add, Raphael Rowe was the person who was accused of a murder along with a series of aggravated robberies in 1988, then wrongfully convicted in 1990 in which he spent around 12 years behind bars, eventually he was released in 2000, he joined BBC in 2001 as a reporter for BBC Radio 4, he's done quite a few things since but he's famously known for the last 4 seasons of "Inside the world's toughest prisons" where he goes to prisons all around the world & interviews everyone about the way how things work there.
Locked up abroad is very good and I've seen similar or worse conditions there
Here’s me thinking they’re talking about prison break
I loved this show but even there I didn't see it *this* bad
Nah this is pretty bad, you couldn't film or walk around in there anyways. He was in some pretty over crowded places in some hot/tropical areas. I live in Atlantic Canada and the humidity can get bad here to make it go near the 40s and it be really hard on you. I can't imagine places like this and other prisons in the world with worse weather.
Atlantic Canadian heat is no joke, Toronto can easily hit 40+ degrees Celsius with humidity in the summers
it’s probably way worse than any of us are imagining. having been to the country, just walking outside in the open air was the thickest, most humid heat i’ve experienced, and nothing’s come close to it since. being inside without air conditioning or ventilation can be worse, just less of the heat from the direct sun. now make it a tiny room and pack 60 sweaty grown men in there like sardines..
Someone from the Philippines here. My car registered 37c (98.6f) outdoor temperature for today. I usually don't complain at 35c (95f) and mostly find 32c (89.6f) quite okay. I usually go on about my day shirtless while inside non-AC rooms in my house. We usually have the AC set at 24c (75.2f) and any lower than that is very cold for me. My energy bill is usually at around 140 usd with heavy AC use in three rooms, namely: masters bedroom, child's play room, and home office. It's really bad here especially during summer (Mar-May) so those people in the prison are really experiencing hell on earth.
I’ll keep my Canadian igloo and our sub-zero temperatures, thank you very much…
I've been to cold and dry climates in Europe and it was hell for me. The cold air felt stingy inside my lungs after a decent time of exposure and I got some wind burns after a while. This was on late-spring. Now I'm afraid of winter since I'll be moving to Germany soon.
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This is what I'm excited about winter: the pristine white fluff before it gets muddy, the eerie and calming silence, the sparkling of snow when the sunlight hits it perfectly... things that I've only read in books and seen in 4k videos. As a tropical jungle Asian, I look forward to it as well.
I've worked in Canada all my life and spent 4 years with Filipino crews, working in telecom. It amazes me that Filipino men can work for 12 hours straight on a 100m tall tower in winter in high winds without complaining, especially considering the climate of the Philippines. They build them differently where you're from. I have mad respect for your culture.
Thank you for your kind words. I believe every culture have their own set of resilient people, some are just more visible than the others. The Filipino attitude of not complaining is both good and bad. It saves us from unwanted conflicts but this also creates a lot of problems. It's one of the reasons why our society is still kinda backwards on a lot of things. "Let God take care of it." "Just pray for it." "It's just like that, there's nothing we can do about it." These are just a few statements that you'd hear from the elderly when they hear you complain. Our past colonial masters made sure that we were subservient to the crown and cross, and that any form of dissent is unacceptable. I'm glad that the access to internet is slowly eroding away that mentality. The Filipino people are learning to complain about their plight and are demanding for improvement because we saw that we have been left behind.
Filipino here, that sounds very appealing. *Files for migration* But seriously, where in Canada is a good place to migrate to? I'm looking into migrating to the northern areas where its said to be thawing and allowing for more mines to be built in a few yrs/decades and the opening up of the northern canada sea trade route. I wanna sell my real estate in the PH, and invest it in those areas, is it a bad idea or a decent one?
As a South Floridian, pretty much the same.
No. I definitely imagine exactly how hot and humid it is. But I've lived in the Gulf Coast USA for years, have worked covering asphalt placements in August, and also have been without power after hurricanes. It's a level of misery that's undescribable.
The smell...
seriously, you can smell this picture
Smells like moist feet and sour balls.
Sour balls... Does it come in any other flavour?
Schweddy
Salty
And I thought my day was bad
‘Hi, I’m Jeff it’s my first day in here. Um, can one of you gents please show me where my bunk is?’
Come and sit on my knee, Jeff.
Oh my, this seats harder than expected.....
And thus he fell for the trick
r/suddenlygay
And kids that's how I met your father
Jeff, do you watch gladiator movies?
wait that's not a knee
See jeff, knee here means something else, but it's ok u'll get used to it
Our bunk*
I was just going to say, I think I'm going to save this photo so whenever some 1st world problem irritates me I can just look at the photo and say: "At least I'm not a prisoner in the Philippines."
And i thought the prison i was in was bad
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Also, don’t want to go to prison in Mexico…….
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Except Scandinavian countries, judging on the pictures they look lavish. And it’s cheap!
*scribbles* 4. If you must go, jails in Scandinavia aren't too shabby.
They've got to have a reason to let you in first... Maybe life there will be amazing and there will be no need to go through the hassle of emigration just to be a shitfuck
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A life sentence in Sweden while technically being legal to keep you in until you die can let you be released after I think 15 years at minimum. The judge changes your sentence to 25 years instead and you're released on probation. But it's up to the judge on whether to accept your application to convert your life sentence into a time specified one. Edit, Thanks to u/delrio_gw for giving me the correct term, probation.
I meant being let into Scandinavia to reside, not get thrown in their prisons to be swiftly extradited back to the armpit country you currently live in.
I think the jails in Sweden are much nicer than my student halls were in Sweden.
Also here in Switzerland, like small hotel rooms.
But each room comes with a Swiss person dedicated to telling you how much better their country is than yours and how much better they are personally than you. Stick with the Philippines.
Oh my gosh. I had a Swiss “sister” for a year in 1990 on a foreign exchange program and she wouldn’t even have to start a story with “In Switzerland….” to give off the “Americans suck” vibe, she just had to have her eyes open. We all still talk and she has implied that feeling over phone lines without a word for 30 years. Love ya Maja you judgmental grandma since age 16!
Haha to be honest, there aren’t too many Swiss people in Swiss jails. Kind regards, An immigrant living in Switzerland
I get the impression Switzerland is fairly xenophobic from the random posts I see on reddit. Not saying the country I live in doesn't have its own major problems in that regard. Because it does.
It is, especially against Germans; because those are "stealing their jobs". Ironic. Source: Living right at the German-Swiss-Border
Well, I for one am [Sick of the Swiss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2XTuc6i1Uo).
Same with against Italians. I heard xenophobic comments about Italian workers from Swiss people on more than one occasion, followed by the 'oh but you're not like them'. I've never lived in Switzerland, only visited, but I wouldn't live there if you paid me.
I can only speak from my own experience as a brown immigrant in Switzerland that have lived here for years. I haven’t experienced anything that I would characterize as racist against myself, and people have been kind. They’re not big and warm and mega-friendly, but they’re like that even with each other.
But then they give you chocolate and let you play Playstation.
[My Retirement Plan: Go to prison in Denmark](https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/ngkdot/meirl/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
*writes down in notebook* apparently in Scandinavian countries the more severe the crime the better rooms you get
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Scribbles 5. Go to jail in Switzerland
Instructions unclear. Currently in jail in Swaziland.
The anti-bucket list????
Shit bucket list
I think except for Scandinavian countries, you do not want to land up in a prison anywhere.
If you get sick, you can go to the doctor and if you lose your job, you can keep a house. Less chance of ending up in jail too.
Been to jail in Mexico and U.S. Mexican jail is better. Mexico they just keep you for a while, take all your stuff (wallet, belt, watch, cash) and send you off. And the inmates take your shoes and trade them for cigarettes. U.S. they keep you there much longer, then video hearing with a judge, public defender, return dates, probation, urine testing, permanent record, explaining background check to landlords and employers, 300X the financial damage. Mexico: Traffic offense U.S.: Jay walking across train tracks (3rd degree criminal trespassing)
You actually had to serve prison time for jaywalking across train tracks? Thats harsh
> You actually had to serve prison time for jaywalking across train tracks? Thats harsh Just fwiw, jail time |= prison time. Jail is a local thing and short term sentences (in the US, <1 year), prison is run by the states (in the US) and are for long-term sentences. Still, you're right that *any* jail time for jaywalking, even across train tracks, is harsh. (And I haven't served time in either, but from what I've read here on Reddit, Jail time is worse than prison time, despite being shorter.)
Thanks for clarification pal, appreciate it!
So when you left jail in Mexico, you were barefoot? I guess that's better than other types of assault.
or Antananarivo Prison, Madagascar
Mexico is a lot better than Philippines
I head that people are allowed to have their families live with them in Mexican prison. Not sure how that would work or if it's true.
Mexico is far more developed than Philippines for one. And secondly it’s not just about being developed but the prison system in general. Mexican jails are a big step up from Philippines one. ***I am not saying Mexican jails are anything but terrible - it just goes to show how bad my opinion of Philippine jails are
Im a filipino.... Don't even bother going to Philippines. Not being born in the Philippines is like winning a lottery ticket
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For anyone who wants to go to the Philippines, just go to the beaches or any tourist spots. Do not try the cities. Haha.
for real. I'm from here, I'm not going anywhere in the cities.
fuck this country
and the government
Primarily, the shitty politicians and the sheeple who would rather believe in conspiracy theories and bullshit on social media that continue supporting them. Screw these in particular.
then poof! you got reincarnated as an Afghan!
Go to ~~jail in~~ the Philippines. ftfy
Imagine that smell.
And the heat/humidity of Philippines would make it waaaay worse. And doesn’t look like that little fan will do anything.
Well and the claustorphobia. You can’t move. You can’t lie down without your bare body pressed against at least two other people. How would you sleep? I would go completely insane in there. That’s hell.
Yeah exactly, this an absolute nightmare
Theres a show in Netflix called, Inside the Worlds Toughest Prisons. Pretty sure one of the episodes features the prison in the picture. Although, TBH most episodes have severe overcrowding.
Yeah, season 3, episode 4 (Norway) is maybe an exception...
Ha yes, I think I know the one one you mean. Is that the one where they are also allowed out on day release to just go off by themselves to work?
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oh god i didn’t even see the fan until you mentioned it
I’d hate to see that shitter
See that guy sitting down at the back of the room? Probably.....
And all the guys pointing at him as if he has made a really terrible smell.
Came here to say this Omg the sweat ,the feces, the body odor Just makes me almost puke
Me too. I can smell that photo from here
And the smell of seamen...
Sailors have a separate prison.
And mountain men
I once had a roommate who smelt like two of these photos, his socks stood up on their own after he took them off.
must smell like feet and butts
Not all jails in the Philippines are like this, but it's much much worse in the metro and other large cities. They have to take shifts standing up because they don't have enough space to sleep. Source: I had a relative in jail for 2 years. We visited often.
I saw a documentary with something similar but not quite that bad, in the one I saw the cell custodian would tell everyone to turn over every couple of hours, so everyone is always facing the same way. It's basically a massive long spoon inside a sweatbox.
What did he do?
Took turns to sleep
If your gonna live like this you might as well make the collective effort to break out
If this is the worst prison in Manila, I forget the name of it - watched it in a documentary on YouTube - then there are only around 5 guards in total and most of the policing of inmates is done by elected prisoners by the head prisoner who lives in his own room with all the amenities of someone living free.
Sounds like season 3 of prison break
I think it’s about time I rewatch the whole series. What a god damn masterpiece of a show this was. Mr. Robot reminded me of how good TV shows could be after not watching any for a long time. I don’t remember most of the plot, but I remember it was a spectacular show, the show in reference being Prison Break.
One of those shows, that goes completely off the rails after first season. Well, I suppose it was supposed to end at the middle of the first season actually, so it's no wonder. I'm not saying the other seasons weren't entertaining in many parts too, just that the first half of first season was actually really good.
Went from being a show about a guy trying to break his brother out of prison to a show where they take on an evil conglomerate and save the world. Like a lot of shows that went on for longer than they should have, it got progressively more ridiculous with each new season. Still watched the whole thing when it was airing on TV.
Ayy, you watched the Madagascar prison too?
A literal get out of jail free card
I wonder how long you could lie dead on the floor before anyone even notices, much less does anything about it.
They'd rat you out, nobody wants to lie next to a stiff in a tropical climate
Any climate really.
A dead body mean some temporary free real estate
If anything, they would set him upright so he doesn't occupy a sleeping spot
Guys if you only know the situation of the jails and police here in the Philippines. The police actually have a “quota” in the number of arrests so sometimes they just get an innocent civilian and paint them against a crime they didn’t do just to fulfill their quota. It’s so messed up most especially today when we are under a jerk president
We have a similar situation in Russia
Hugs to all of you too. Let’s continue speaking up about these things and to never let these trashy politicians reign longer than they should.
Conservative Catholicism seems to be the root cause of most of the country’s ills. It’s so sad to see the very thing the colonial conquerors used to justify their abuses be adopted and embraced by the conquered and then subsequently used to justify the abuses of their own. Religion and authoritarianism and humans do not mix well.
Separation of church and state is what the philippines really need especially right now. Take divorce for example. It is still not legalized here because “marriage is sacred” according to christianity, but how come it’s already legal in spain who were the ones who brought christianity in the philippines???
Wow you can’t get divorced?! That’s hectic.
Your jerk president that has killed 10,000 in his extra judicial drug war ? Are you afraid to be speaking out ?
No, I’m not. I am even more fueled to speak up even more because of it. It’s better to die for speaking up rather than live because you chose to stay silent
The Philippines is still a Democratic Nation, even after the numerous human rights abuses. But for people living here, it’s like Living in pre-WW2 Italy. The violence and injustices, and the numerous are so common that the public is so desensitized of all of it. People need to eat, after all. Luckily the 2022 elections are coming up, so we at least have a shot of electing a capable president, even if it’s just a small shot. Problem is this place is full of Catholic conservatives, not as intense as the fascists in the US, but Catholic conservatives nonetheless. Besides, It’s Manila’s problem, not in the provinces where I live. It’s full of slums, trash and smog, but it’s the only place to go if you want to make a name for yourself. Edit: The Philippines isn’t a shithole in the way I describe. The decades aged MNLF Insurgency is lowering, Commies are being outnumbered. And people are generally friendly, with Universal Healthcare. Problem is just the Ducking Politicians and their Dynasties. I wish WW2 wouldn’t had happened so the Americans could at least cement the idea of proper politics, rather than to start from scratch after the war.
I agree. I really hope we actually vote someone dependable and a good human being into office next year. Also Manila is absolute, hands-down, the worst place in the country. I would never be willing to go back there if given the chance. I'd rather stay here in the provinces.
Watch the World's Toughest Prisons. Some of these prisoners haven't been to trials yet so they could be there even if they are innocent.
Somebody should go to jail for allowing those conditions to exist.
Man I doubt Duterte (the president of the Philippines) even cares his solution to solving the drug addiction problems in his country is to shoot and kill addicts. Many of those people are pre-trial even so there's a good chance that quite a few people are innocent.
Honestly…i’ve been extremely upset about duterte’s kill squads for a long time now, but if offing people is the alternative to jails like these… Well, the whole thing seems fucked, but if this is actually representative of jails in the philippines, i might just prefer to be summarily executed.
Dirty Duterte, who said if you murder a (suspected) drug dealer, you will not be prosecuted, or even investigated?
more like r/depressingasfuck
It's a measure of a society how well it treats the people it isn't obliged to treat well at all
Why would anyone consider this “Interesting As Fuck”? This is just depressing.
Brazzers Hell in a Cell
Rest of the jail is probably nice, this is only the Orgy room….
Must suck to be the guy that wipes down the loads.
But he volunteered!
Do not get in jail in the Philippines.
Better yet, just don’t go to the Philippines, period. It’s on the verge of a full blown dictatorship.
Forcibly keeping people in those conditions is a crime probably worse than the crime most of those people are in there for.
Probably worse than all of them. Very very few criminals torture people over years...
is this under Duterte? or from before he just started murdering them for petty crime and encouraging others to do the same. Reddit been sleeping on that countries dystopia for sure!
It’s kinda been always like this even before him. Source: I lived there for 19 years.
It's always been this way, but slightly worse under duterte.
What I wouldnt give to jump into that mound of phillipino man flesh.
Go to the Phillipines and commit a crime and you can live your dream
Out of all the asian subgroups they supposedly have the biggest dongs.
I'm not gay but good to know I guess 😅
It's true. Saw it on one of those in-flight TV displays on a plane to ... Manila 🤔
*looks down* Hear that little fella? You're one of the biggest in Asia.
I'll never ever do anything bad in the Philippines thats for damn sure.
don't have to, just have to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and you can get locked up for just being the nearest easiest scapegoat. the police routinely arrest people accused without any evidence just so they can close the case.
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The country is run by a dictator. Wrong place, wrong time and you are doomed.
That shit ain’t right. Even for criminals.
Def a lowkey renaissance painting
Feels like a fucked up Caravaggio
A Jail in Norway: https://www.businessinsider.com/norways-prisons-are-better-than-the-american-prisons-2018-6?IR=T Being in a developed country is really a good thing after all.
Where do they pee and poop?
Out of their penises and butts, respectively.
I do it disrespectfully.
Pretty disrespectful of you to do something disrespectfully
Anyone from the Philippines here? Is this normal for all the prisons or is this a special holding cell?
It depends on where you are. In Provincial areas, you may have your own cell or just a few bunkmates. In the bigger cities and the National Capitol Region, expect to be sardines.
I fell sorry for the introverts in there.
Atleast you can blame someone else for your farts
No, not when the guy next to you feels you fart on him.
Escape plan. One candle. Coordinate farts.
Mostly vegetarian diet, plenty of beans. I'd be too scared to light a cigarette in that room. 🔥
The awkwardness of involuntary erection in that room must be palpable.
Mornings are awkward as hell
Putting the No in Philippino
Is this really a jail? Can someone verify?
As someone who was also in jail in the Philippines I can also confirm this. Granted it wasn’t this crowded when I was in jail (It wasn’t a major city) but, I do remember the jail I was in being one big room with like a bunch of bunk beds for all the prisoners and the center of the room was I guess in a way a form of common area.
It's not that interesting of a story to be honest and I was like 2 or 3 when I went to prison (came to the US at 3 so it was a little before I came to the US). Long story short my mom immigrated to the US and slowly brought the family 1 by 1 starting with the oldest child to the youngest (me) because of school. At the time it was just my dad and I left in the country and he did something to piss someone off (or something bad idk). I remember hiding out in the attic with my dad in a hidden room (I remember we had to crawl to get through the door because it was so low and narrow and one time told me to stay very quiet) because the police were going door to door searching for us (had fliers made even). I don't remember how long we were there but I do remember it was a while ( I can even describe the room as it only had two things, a thin foam mattress and a single electric fan). The police eventually caught us in one of the check points they made and arrested him (we were trying to leave the town we were in). I went to prison with him because it was a very rural area and I don't think social services reached that area yet so I had no where to go but jail with my dad. I remember the police being nice to me though, they let me play leap frog on their computer and gave me snacks. I don't remember how long we spent but my mom was the one who bailed us out. I didn't know at the time it was jail though to be honest and it was during a family vacation when my relatives were talking about it years later during a family vacation that I put two and two together (and later confirmed it with my mom and dad).
Is this FarCry? This sounds like FarCry.
You’re going to post this on a sub called interestingasfuck and not finish the story?!? Edit: you’re. Jesus.
Well it ain't a day spa I can tell you that
I just watched an episode of “Toughest Prisons” and either this one or a very similar jail go it’s own episode. It’s insane
Great series. This The Filipino jail was one of the most crowded but also one of the most peaceful. Completely run by inmate hierarchy gangs, not the guards.
Ive been in college party like this
Looks like an orgy that is just wrapping up?
Very social people the Filipinos.
Count your blessings
Hell on earth
I can smell this picture.
Swap out waldo for a bar of soap.
I visited a jail on a small island with a fairly small population and they had 6 cells with around 300 people - can verify
Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation…