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Firewood: The Root Causes of Problems Inmate Discussions on Police Torture Inmates, disclose the paralegal officers, can actually avoid being tortured. One way to do so is by being a member of the dominant pangkat in the station. For example, if the mayor of the cell is a member of Sputnik, the inmate will be better off if he also becomes a member of Sputnik. Being a member of any pangkat can give an inmate protection. This is because once they are transferred to the jail, there are rules that strictly prohibit the mayor from harming an inmate who is already a member of another pangkat even if there is an order from a police officer to torture the inmate. Otherwise, a riot may ensue. Apparently, arresting individuals—guilty or not—is a good source of additional income for some members of the police. Arrested individuals who can afford to pay, for example, may avoid prison in exchange for a certain amount. For those who cannot, they end up in jail. As a result, jails become a dumping ground for arrested individuals who cannot settle their cases with the police. Reasons for Use of Torture According to Inmates 65
66 Freedom and Death Inside The Jail 6. Patong. Police officers file additional charges to make sure the suspect rots in jail. In a homicide case, for example, if the suspect used a gun, he will also be charged with illegal possession of firearms. If the suspect used a false name in his affidavit, he will be charged with illegal use of alias. If he resisted arrest, he will be charged for “assaulting” an officer. A tattoo found on the suspect’s body would earn him another charge for violating the Anti-Tattoo Act. With all these cases, the suspect is sure to stay behind bars even if he gets acquitted of the case for which he was originally arrested. The police, in connivance with the fiscal, will also make sure that the cases will be raffled to different courts to further delay the proceedings. Panganganak ng kaso is a derivative of patong. Arrested for kidnap-for-ransom, the suspect will also be charged with three or more kidnap-for-ransom cases that were not solved in the past. The original case, in other words, gives birth to two or more cases. Or if the suspect is a member of a particular group, say the Alex Buncayao Brigade, he will be charged with all the unsolved cases that were previously committed by the other members of ABB. Pahabol takes place when the suspect is charged with two cases. The police will concentrate on the first case. They will exhaust all means to produce evidence against the suspect. But if at the end of the trial they see the judge in favor of the suspect, they will automatically pursue the second case and build it up as they did the first. 7. Bribery. The amount involved in bribery depends on the officer involved. The less powerful the officer, the lower the amount. First in line is the barangay captain, then the custodial officer, desk officers at the police station, up to the station commander. Media personalities also sometimes partake in this modus operandi; they threaten to write about the case if the suspect does not give them money. Jail paralegal officers say that they find it difficult to keep a profile of some inmates because, to begin with, they do not have the correct data from police stations. It is quite common among inmates to give arresting police officers a fictitious name. Consequently, police reports that are sent to Quezon City Jail contain fictitious data. This is particularly true among street children who do not have birth certificates against which police officers can verify their data. Proof of the police’s inefficiency is their habit of turning over to Quezon City Jail suspects who are below 18 years old and,
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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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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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Citizenship and the Correctional Sy
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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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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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