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Alex, accused of a serious offense, faces a life sentence. With children being treated as adults in the Filipino justice system, the law protecting children from abuse is allowing Alex to also suffer. If convicted he will face a life sentence of 40yr imprisonment. He told us he didn’t do it but hasn’t yet been given a chance to say so.
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Boys who were rescued from the jails and now in Predas care, playing on the beach near the boys home.
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Child Prisoners aged between 14-17 yrs old in their cell in a jail in
Metro Manila.
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Concreting of Slab
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The construction for the new boys home begins
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Everyone is helping out
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The beams are going up
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Look at the high in that!
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A jail in Metro Manila. The jail consists of a very small cell, measuring 1 metre by 5 metres at the end of a room. Currently 13 people are imprisoned in this inhumane space, 11 adults and 2 children.
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A child prisoner crouching on the flooded cell floor at a jail in Metro
Manila. The Jail floods every time it rains as it is situated below river level.
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Fr Shay meets the Engineer
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Hauling of the cement with the help of Caraboa
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Mixing cement
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His first day in prison at a jail in Metro Manila.
He is very nervous in his new surroundings. He was jailed for snatching a handbag.
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The overcrowded cells in a jail in Metro Manila. The cells are packed full, with prisoners taking turns to sleep while others stand.
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Prisoners sleeping on the floor, in their cramped cell in a jail in metro
Manila.
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Boys, rescued from the jails, relaxing outside the boys home at Preda.
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Boys rescued from from the Philippine prisons playing basketball at the boys home run by Preda.
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A young boy, scared in the crowded jail cell.
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A sick boy behind bars in a jail in Metro Manila. Children in jail are at risk of sickness and death from contagious diseases such as TB, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
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Slab preperation
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