Quezon City Prison
The city jail Quezon ( Quezon City Jail ) is located in Quezon City to the northeast of Manila , Philippines , in the National Capital Region (NCR) and reports to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
The prison was designed for 800 inmates. With 3800 prisoners there are almost five times as many people as planned. In 2014, there was a riot and hostage-taking among the prisoners, in which 42 people were taken hostage.
Overcrowding and prison riots have also been reported from other BJMP prisons in the National Capital Region, such as Navotas City Jail and Las Piñas City Jail.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daily Mail : Disease, grime and no room AT ALL: Inside the Philippines most notorious prison where 3,600 inmates live in a space built for 800 from July 30, 2016.
- ↑ Stern : Vorhof zum Hell - shocking images from a Filipino jail on July 30, 2016.
- ↑ Hostage-taking in Quezon Provincial Prison - 42 ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from February 23, 2014 on philippinen-nachrichten.info.
- ↑ BJMP: Data and Statistics.
- ↑ BJMP: Top most congestes jails. September 2015.
- ↑ BJMP: Actual jail population data as of September 30 2015.
Coordinates: 14 ° 37 '46.6 " N , 121 ° 2' 43.9" E