Cebu Correctional Facility Cell number thirteen, a six-foot-by-six-foot room with stone walls, houses those who have committed crimes against the government and humanity. There was a barred opening with metal bars that served as a window, and a wall with a crisscross metal bars pattern in front, facing the other cell. The inmates were sleeping on wooden bunk beds that lacked a mattress and pillows. Some were sitting on the floor playing cards, while others had no choice but to sit on the floor, where dust and cigar ash were scattered because there were not enough beds for everyone. Even at midday, the room was gloomy. The stench of the rotting sewage nearby made it even more suffocating and sickened the other prisoners.
A prison security officer in khaki came and stood outside Cell number
