Three persons deprived of liberty describe how inhuman conditions in the country’s jails and prisons are placing them at greater risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read this in-depth piece by Aie Balagtas See:
Helpless because there are no real safety measures. There are no standard procedures for quarantine.
Old men, like me, were taken to administrative offices previously occupied by jail personnel. One of the offices was the paralegal office! It was the office where theIn one of the facilities, 11 people shared two gurneys and a stretcher. Sick inmates who recently died used to occupy those makeshift hospital beds. I don’t know if they have been disinfected.
We don’t have sufficient information about what’s happening. They’re not telling us anything. I don’t know why. Maybe, they don’t want us to panic.Our COVID-19 prevention measures are also terrible! I’m one of those who assist jail doctors and nurses in the clinic. Those I work with are protected with proper medical equipment. Me? I attend to patients wearing only gloves and a face mask to protect myself.
Because it’s impossible to maintain physical distance, our line of defense against the coronavirus is our immune system. for lunch for 5 straight days. For dinner, they always serve soup with vegetable. Sometimes our rice supply is half-cooked. Sometimes it’s burnt.The images are artistic renderings inspired by PCIJ file photos of prisoners from various jails.More people are dying in New Bilibid Prison every day. It is as if there’s a typhoon of dead bodies raining all over us.
Prison doctors will isolate you if they think you have symptoms. We don’t want to be in further isolation. This fear prompts inmates to lie about their real health condition. The truth is, many of us are sick. We are scared for the prison guards, too. They also need attention. They need to be tested, and tested rigorously.
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