LINKTV Asia Insight July 14, 2024
This defentention center wa built for 260 people. But currently holds 4,800. Long past capacity, three years ago it reached an unstable number of inmates. This increase in arrests were triggered by the election of president rodrigo duterte. President duterte gave approval for police to use lethal force with any suspects that resisted. With selfproclaimed vigilantes also committing murders, more than 20,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the past three years. As murders grew to be daily occurrences, this situation soon came to be called a war on drugs. One photo journalist has been...