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Inmate Discussions on Police Torture Police, according to inmates, have a penchant for torturing suspects to achieve their desired outcome. Torture comes in different forms—suffocation by plastic, hitting the penis with a stick, electrocuting the penis, electric shock, and removing the fingernails. Some of these lead to summary execution. According to inmates, the most painful forms of torture employed by the police include hitting, electrocuting and making candle wax drip on the penis, electric shock, rubbing the body with pepper, and dipping a finger in one’s own wound. Other forms of torture that are just as traumatic involve the removal of fingernails and the insertion of an object into the anus. There are also forms of torture that are not physically painful but are psychologically draining. These include Russian Roulette, suffocation by plastic, and the socalled “water cure” (the suspect’s head is submerged in water for a long period). As for summary execution and “salvaging,” paralegal coordinators point out that there is a difference between the two. Summary execution is usually done by “selfrighteous” police officers who take upon themselves the responsibility of dispensing capital punishment to those who they consider “useless dregs” of society. Police officers consider these suspects beyond reformation and, therefore, it would just be a waste of government resources to put them in jail where they will have a chance to regain their freedom and do more crimes. These individuals deserve nothing less than death. Salvaging, on the other hand, is done by corrupt police officers who are members of syndicates. They “salvage” or execute suspects who threaten to expose their involvement in the syndicate. The victims here are usually “burnt-out assets,” or individuals who used to work for police officers by providing information that are vital to police operations. Since these assets have access to confidential information, e.g., corrupt practices of police officers, they can be “liabilities” later on. The most common forms of torture that police employ are: 1.) hitting the fingers with a stick; 2.) forcing the individual to cling like a bat on the cell bars for an hour or an entire day; 3.) hitting, electrocuting, and making candle wax drip on the penis; 4.) electric shock; and 5.) suffocation using plastic. These are commonly employed since these do not require sophisticated intruments to be executed. These forms of torture, no matter how crude, also strike the most fear among suspects. The National Bureau of Investigation, the defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, and Camp Crame employ other means, usually more sophisticated, of torturing their suspects. This is because of the nature of the cases they handle, which are organized crimes. There are four reasons, according to paralegal coordinators, why police employ torture. The first reason is case-related. The police want to extract a confession from the suspect. They want the suspect to tell them who are the other persons involved in the case, e.g., the mastermind and the financier. Police also want to know where the illegal goods are stashed. All these information are important for the police to build a strong case against the suspect and, possibly, the syndicate the latter belongs to. The second reason is money-related. The police torture the suspect because the complainant paid them to do so. This is quite common in homicide cases where the family of the victim wants justice served according to their terms. Or, sometimes, the police simply want the suspect to surrender his things (particularly valuable possessions) to them. Police also torture suspects for personal reasons. Perhaps the suspect gave them a hard time catching him. Or, worse, the complainant is a relative of one of the police officers. Finally, police employ torture as a form of punishment to the suspect, especially the recidivists (or those who have been in and out of jail for several times already). They want the recidivists to finally learn their lesson and not get involved in any crime again. Forcing an inmate to cling on the cell bars for hours is one of the most common forms of torture police employ to extract information from their suspects. 63
64 Freedom and Death Inside The Jail Inmate Discussions on Police Torture Not seen in the picture is a note from the inmates stating: “Police officers first secure a medical certificate that shows an inmate is in good medical condition before subjecting him to torture. They do this in order to protect themselves from legal actions an inmate or his relatives may take.”
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FREEDOM AND DEATH INSIDE THE JAIL A
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Foreword A Message From The United
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Introduction God granted my prayer.
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Table of Contents Part VII - Boilin
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Freedom and Death Inside The Jail A
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Acknowledgments June Tuliao, Cris R
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Executive Summary Quezon City Jail
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Recommendations Executive Summary I
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Francis remembers his ordeal that b
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An individual sent to jail is not n
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The Philippine Penal System The pro
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The Philippine Penal System Jail ma
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The Philippine Penal System The PRA
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The primary task of a correctional
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Page 50 and 51: THE BOILING POT ANALOGY Right off t
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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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Unique is probably an understatemen
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Toward a Reformative Penal System A
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In this, our country, however, wide
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practices, the most logical and obv
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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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