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Fire: Structural Responses
As many as 15 inmates are placed in the bartolina in one
week.
3. Lipat Selda. An inmate who has made enemies of his
cellmates is transferred to another cell. Alongside his
transfer is the loss of all the rights and privileges (such
as owning a kubol) accorded him in his former cell.
4. Burahan. An inmate is expelled from his pangkat. His
tattoo is erased by ironing the portion of his flesh where
it was drawn. He is then transferred to querna.
5. Baba sa panunungkulan. A nanunungkulan inmate is
stripped of his post. He, however, maintains all the privileges
accorded a cell officer.
6. Biyahe sa Bicutan. The inmate is transferred to the widely
dreaded Metro Manila Rehabilitation Center in Bicutan
where conditions are supposedly worse than in Quezon
City Jail. Aside from stricter implementation of rules,
Bicutan is also less accessible to visitors.
7. Pumping. As in the military, the inmate is asked to do
100 pumpings. This is the preferred form of punishment
by the members of querna.
A variation of pumping is facing the wall. Erring inmates
are made to stand in front of the wall for hours, without
rest. Pumping and facing the wall are non-contact punishments.
Table 5.7: Mga Uri ng Parusa (Kinds of Punishment)
Management has converted a
comfort room into a bartolina.
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