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Firewood: The Root Causes of Problems Table 4.4: Observations of Inmates of Their Medical Condition The most common ailments that inmates are afflicted with are rashes, boils, mental disorder, cough, and colds. Almost all inmates have experienced two or three of these illnesses at one time or another. More than half of the inmates suffer from rashes and boils because of poor ventilation and lack of water. Some inmates take a bath only once a week. Mental disease is increasingly a serious concern among inmates. Some inmates claim that they hear voices inside their head (may bumubulong), others just burst into a fit of laughter without being aware of it. Medical coordinators suspect that these might be due to boredom (buryong) and depression. Buryong is a form of psychological and mental affliction that most inmates dread. It generally translates to hopelessness, paranoia, and extreme Extreme boredom causes mental illness and depression among inmates. 39
QC Jail does not have special facilities for inmates with physical disabilities. Stifling heat coupled with water shortage results in the prevalence of boils among inmates. Rumbo-rumbo is a common ailment among inmates. Smoke coming from the cell kitchen renders inmates vulnerable to lung ailments. 40 Freedom and Death Inside The Jail restlessness. Many inmates admit that doing nothing for the whole day, except counting the bars of the cell, coupled by uncertainties over their cases and news of domestic problems are reasons enough for an inmate to be depressed. Inmates who are bored usually become unpredictable in their behavior and become self-contained. They seem to have a world of their own and are oblivious to what is happening around them. In jail parlance: isip nang isip, wala namang naiisip. Cough and flu are also widespread but medical coordinators say these ailments can be easily dealt with. In fact, even without medication, inmates eventually get well. Still, inmates have to be careful with cough that progresses into tuberculosis. Some ailments, though not as common as the others, are deadly. These are hypertension, appendicitis, tuberculosis, mild stroke, and dehydration. These ailments, along with ulcer and swellings or lumps, all have a history of bringing death to inmate patients. High blood is a common ailment among the old and less active inmates, whose conditions are worsened by the suffocating heat in the cells. Closely related to high blood is mild stroke, which can render inmates paralyzed or invalid. Appendicitis is also a dreaded disease because when it strikes, it only takes a few hours for the poison to spread over the entire body. Unfortunately, sick inmates cannot be brought to the hospital without going through the tedious process of securing authorization from the courts. Most inmates do not make it to the hospital anymore. Every month in Quezon City Jail, around two to five inmates die of illness. The most common culprit is high blood pressure. Those with weak lungs cannot bear the heat and dizzying smell coming from the kitchen area. There are also cases of inmates dying because of ulcer, especially among those who rely on the rancho or food from the Jail. They complain that their ration is not enough and that it is only good for one meal but they have to spread it over lunch and dinner. Since inmates are crammed in their cells, diseases are easily transmitted among themselves.
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Foreword A Message From The United
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Introduction God granted my prayer.
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Page 18 and 19: Executive Summary Quezon City Jail
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Page 26 and 27: The Philippine Penal System The pro
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Cell Structure Brigada Structure Fi
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Trustees Fire: Structural Responses
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amount. Finally, trustees receive a
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hygiene. A cell barber or barbero i
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Fire: Structural Responses As many
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Table 5.10: Cell/Brigade Funds Fire
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undertake, the mayor will usually p
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THE FREEDOM ASPECT On a positive no
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Inmates also spend for the food of
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it felt so good I actually cried. S
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sonal gains. But we don’t have a
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Since 1996, classes have been held
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Photo Courtesy of GMA Pot: Empowerm
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leader is not able to contain the g
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Drugs and Liquor Galore While the b
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At the same time, inmates admit tha
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Pot: Empowerment and Excesses This
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Boiling Pot Analogy: Boiling Water
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Boiling Water: Conflict and Conniva
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Inmates vs Volunteers Some voluntee
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How the Problems of the Students Pa
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No Peace of Mind Despite all the st
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Hardened Criminals Instead of being
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Toward a Reformative Penal System A
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practices, the most logical and obv
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ecords officer, for example, can pr
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1987 Constitution of t
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Quezon City Public Attorney’s Off
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Afterword Quezon City Jail but also
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