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    Posted July 16, 2012 by
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    Inside maximum security

    By Sherbien  |  Posted July 16, 2012  |  National Bilibid Prison
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     iReporter Sherbien was granted exclusive access to a maximum security prison in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, to capture the lives of inmates there as they serve their time. "I'm so amazed with what I saw. It looks like inmates there are living normally, as if they are inside a village with a daily routine," he said. Inmates paint, wood carve, write poetry, even run their own TV show while they serve their sentences. "I took photos of them - with their consent - and thought it might be interesting if I shared these photos here [at iReport] so that people will know what the lives of people inside the maximum security prison [are like]," he said.
    - sarahbrowngb, CNN iReport producer

    Photo 1 - Inmates are taught how to paint
    Photo 2 & 3 - Woodcraft inside a bottle. Inmates tediously assemble wood designs inside the bottle
    Photo 4 - Recycled pet bottles into beautiful bonsai furniture
    Photo 5 - Inmates washing their clothes
    Photo 6 - Chapel inside maximum security
    Photo 7 - Bilibid TV is run by inmates. Inmate production team covers every interesting events inside the maximum security with population of more than 20,000.
    Photo 8 - Poems of inmates. Inmates are taught hos to write to express their feelings and boredom
    Photo 9 - Mosque inside the maximum security.
    Photo 10 - Living quarters of inmates

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