MUNTINLUPA
Well, it is not just one but 150 motel-like tiled huts that house moneyed convicts at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
Well, it is not just one but 150 motel-like tiled huts that house moneyed convicts at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
The members of the House committee on justice found that out on 7 June 2011 when they did an occular inspection in controversial "cells". Visiting the site were representatives Niel Tupas Jr. of Iloilo (committee chair), Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan De Oro (member), Elpidio Barzaga Jr. of Cavite (member), Rodolfo Biazon of Muntinlupa (member), and Magtanggol Gunigundo of Valenzuela (member).
Inmates have the keys
The rooms have their own toilet and bath, with one inmate living in each room. And to top it all the inmates have their own key for their respective rooms. Not even the prison guards have a duplicate key of these rooms. Its a vacation accomodation for drug lord convicts and moneyed inmates.
A Stark Contrast
Despite the bemoaned bad conditions of prisoners in NBP, it is not difficult to understand how the posh accomodation of moneyed inmates contrasted that of the poor who had to stay with fellow prisons in a single cell.
Sources
Christine F. Herrera, Maricel Cruz: "Chinese druglords built huts for moneyed inmates," Manila Standard Today 8 June 2011
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