Young prisoners.YOUNG PRISONERS sleep in a cramped cell at Malabon, a predominantly adult jail in Manila Manila (mənĭl`ə), city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, , the capital of the Philippines Noun 1. capital of the Philippines - the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon Manila Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 . During the course of a year, an estimated 68,000 children in the Philippines spend time in adult prisons; some are as young as 9. Many are held for minor offenses, and they often live in fear of abuse by guards and adult inmates. This image was captured by Hazer HAZER is :
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