Quezon City Jail

Quezon City Jail is situated northeast from Manila, Philippines, in the National Capital Region (NCR). It reports to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).[1][2] It was built for 800 inmates. With 3800 prisones it is filled five times more than planned. 2014 there was a riot with 42 persons taken as hostages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Daily Mail: Disease, grime and no room AT ALL: Inside the Philippines most notorious prison where 3,600 inmates live in a space built for 800 vom 30. Juli 2016.
  2. ↑ Stern: Vorhof zur Hölle – erschütternde Bilder aus einem philippinischen Knast vom 30. Juli 2016.
  3. ↑ Geiselnahme im Quezon Provinz-Gefängnis – 42 vom 23. Februar 2014 auf philippinen-nachrichten.info.
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