Conditions inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have reached a "critical" level with one prisoner dying every day, the state penitentiary's new hospital chief said on Wednesday, November 13. Another emerging concern for jails in the Central Visayas is the rise of HIV cases because of the use of injectable drugs.

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