Stephen Reiss

PROJECTS: Manila Jails

Suffering from a lack of funding and resources, the jails of the Philippine National Police in Manila are stretched thin. Overcrowded and lacking basic sanitation, prisoners are held for indefinite measures of time while waiting on the courts. Accused murderers and rapists share cramped cells with gang members and those arrested for theft and drug possession. Minors are jailed with adult offenders, despite recent laws prohibiting their incarceration. Visitors are allowed to mingle among the prisoners and bring food since the jails lack the provisions to feed all of the prisoners. 

  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JAN 28:  Visiting prisoners in the jail at Pasig City Police Headquarters Jan 28, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JAN 31: Overcrowded holding cells at Taguig City Police Headquarters January 31, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES: JAN 28 - July Rebosara, left, 16, and Kevin Martinez, 17, minors held for theft of a car battery at Pasig City Police Headquarters January 28, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JAN 31: Visiting prisoners at Taguig City Police  Headquarters Jan 31, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - FEB 1: A moveable notice board hides the entrance to the jail at Taguig City Police Headquarters February 1, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JAN 29: Visiting prisoners in the jail at Pasig City Police Headquarters January 29, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES: FEB 4- Makeshift detention area for Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL), offices of Philippine National Drug Abuse Council, Paranaque City Police Headquarters in Paranaque City February 4, 2010.  Marlon Javier, 16,  member of the gang (frat) PRM, was arrested for robbery at gun point.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - JAN 31: Holding cells at Taguig City Police Headquarters Jan 31, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - FEB 5: Prisoners in the cells at Taguig City Police Headquarters February 5, 2010.
  • MANILA, PHILIPPINES - FEB 5: Manuel Santos, 36, and his wife Diana Jeanne. Mr. Santos has been in jail for two weeks after being accused of child abuse by his mother-in-law February 5, 2010.
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