ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 28, 2011) – One inmate was killed and two others were taken hostage by a group of prisoners on Wednesday at a jail facility in Dipolog City in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga del Norte, police said.
Police and jail officials did not say what the prisoners were protesting about, but other reports said they were complaining long ago about the poor conditions, among others, in the crowded jail.
It was not immediately known why they killed the prisoner who was identified as Danilo Adanza or whether he was a member of a gang at war with the protesters. The prisoners also took two others hostage, but police said negotiations were continuing for the safe release of the captives who were also wounded.
Police said the prisoners were also demanding to speak to media and the provincial governor Rolando Yebes.
Just this year, Supreme Court Justice Mariano del Castillo and Deputy Court Administrator Raul Villanueva and Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez visited the jail and launched the so-called Enhanced Justice on Wheels program aimed at speeding up court cases among others. (Mindanao Examiner)
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