Duterte is concerned. He is concerned about prisoners and their lack of entertainment.
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| https://www.rappler.com/nation/185716-duterte-television-sets-camp-bagong-diwa-jail-cells |
Speaking to personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in the camp on Wednesday, October 18, Duterte promised he would foot the bill for installing televisions in each cell.
"We would want to give them everything but I told them, each and every cell would have a TV by the end of the month. That's what I can give you for now," he said in a mix of English and Filipino.
The President said he pitied the prisoners because they had nothing to help them while away the long hours in jail.
"Nakakaawa naman 'yung mga preso, walang libangan (The prisoners are pitiful, they have no form of entertainment)," he said.
Oh my. Nothing to do but rot in your cell all day? No form of entertainment? Better spend thousands of pesos on television sets for each jail cell. Nothing says "tough on crime" like giving every prisoner his very on television set courtesy of the Filipino taxpayer.
What happened to this Duterte:
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| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/691527/dutertes-secret-in-keeping-davao-city-phs-safest-kill-criminals |
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| http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/03/02/1677427/duterte-killing-criminals-not-crime-against-humanity |
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| https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/world/asia/duterte-philippines-drug-crackdown.html |
Has he gone soft? Kill all criminals but if they make it alive to trial and then to prison, give them a television so they won't get bored.
What if these prisoners are watching their favourite show and all of a sudden the power goes out? What then?
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| http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/903424/power-outage-in-camp-bagong-diwa-leads-to-gang-war-death-of-2-inmates |
It was reported earlier that the power outage inside detention facility has been going on for about a week now. Electricity was said to be cut off due to the district jail’s unpaid bill worth millions of pesos.
Millions of pesos in unpaid electric bills? And Duterte wants to give them all televisions which will mean even more electricity use which they can't pay already? How ridiculous!
How about Duterte gives each of these prisoners a Bible. That is the standard form of entertainment for prisoners. They don't need to be watching television. Certainly each cell does not need it's own tv set. Watching TV all day will rot their brain and cause them to learn nothing.
Reading the Bible might actually turn their lives around.
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