Wanting to write to international prisoners in the Philippines or Indonesia jails?
I am interested in writing to incacerated english speaking prisoners in overseas prisons. Does anyone know of a website I can go to that I am able to make contact? Would prefer the Philippines if someone can reccommend a site?
Thanks =)
Sorry to say kid, but your wasting your time. There is no website.
Jails in the Phlippines are strictly controlled by the Prison governor. They decide what goes on, who gets what etc.
The Philippines is very poor. If your in jail in the Philippines – you dont have any rights. What goes on in those jails is a living hell for anybody stuck there for any period of time.
The police and the army in the philppines are a power unto themselves. The corruption is rife – the police and the army do whatever they please. So you can just imagine the power of life and death that the local prison governor has.
Only people with money – who can bribe prison wardens and officials – decide what goes on and who does what. If you dont have money to bribe officials to let relatives in to see you and write to you – then you dont have any rights. People are not segregated because of the crime they committed – everyone is but together. Rapists and the worst kind of evil people are put together with people who have stolen something just because they were poor and wanted something to eat.
The jails in the Philippines are among the worst in the world – a true disgrace for a democracy. A few years ago, the Philippines government was accused of allowing the police and the military to round up political opposition and put them in jail as well as crimes against political opposition leaders – accusations which have proven all too real after the Mindanao massacres by the mayor Ampatuan.
If your serious about pursuing it, i would probably write to Amnesty International and ask about jails in the Philippines. Either that, or you could try the international websites about people in jail for whatever crimes. Or you could try the Philippines Department of Justice and human rights groups and political groups who are demanding changes in the philippines jails.
Your heart is in the right place – and i respect that. But the reality in the Philippines is much more darker and hellish.
I wish I knew too! sorry
References :
first you need to ask permission from the prison warden.
New Bilibid Prison
Muntinlupa City, Philippines
then you can ask for names of prisoners who may want to have penpals. but please remember that not all prisoners may have the money to afford international stamps.
References :
Sorry to say kid, but your wasting your time. There is no website.
Jails in the Phlippines are strictly controlled by the Prison governor. They decide what goes on, who gets what etc.
The Philippines is very poor. If your in jail in the Philippines – you dont have any rights. What goes on in those jails is a living hell for anybody stuck there for any period of time.
The police and the army in the philppines are a power unto themselves. The corruption is rife – the police and the army do whatever they please. So you can just imagine the power of life and death that the local prison governor has.
Only people with money – who can bribe prison wardens and officials – decide what goes on and who does what. If you dont have money to bribe officials to let relatives in to see you and write to you – then you dont have any rights. People are not segregated because of the crime they committed – everyone is but together. Rapists and the worst kind of evil people are put together with people who have stolen something just because they were poor and wanted something to eat.
The jails in the Philippines are among the worst in the world – a true disgrace for a democracy. A few years ago, the Philippines government was accused of allowing the police and the military to round up political opposition and put them in jail as well as crimes against political opposition leaders – accusations which have proven all too real after the Mindanao massacres by the mayor Ampatuan.
If your serious about pursuing it, i would probably write to Amnesty International and ask about jails in the Philippines. Either that, or you could try the international websites about people in jail for whatever crimes. Or you could try the Philippines Department of Justice and human rights groups and political groups who are demanding changes in the philippines jails.
Your heart is in the right place – and i respect that. But the reality in the Philippines is much more darker and hellish.
References :
Ive heard stories first hand and read stories about jails in the Philiippines that would make your stomach churn.