Bilangan sa Quezon City Jail: A documentary on two inmates who have petty cases

Date of Publication

2007

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts Major in Communication Arts

Subject Categories

Communication

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Communication

Defense Panel Chair

Maria Angeli R.H. Diaz

Defense Panel Member

Clodualdo Del Mundo, Jr

Melanie Barinaga

Joseph Michael Juat

Abstract/Summary

The documentary Bilangan sa Quezon City Jail shows how petty case defendants suffer from the slow judicial process in the Philippines. Moreover, the suffering goes on in the congested cells of the jail, where the prisoners are counted (bilangan) four times each day.

With the postponement of the hearings, petty case defendants are already serving their sentence because of the years they have stayed in jail even before the final decision on their cases. The judicial system suffers from certain shortcomings of the courts today. Among them are the indiscriminate filings of cases even for minor ones that can be amicably settled between parties, the long delay in the disposition of cases, and the willingness of judges to postpone hearings of cases that drag on for years.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU14484

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

18 leaves ; 28 cm.

Keywords

Prisoners—Legal status, laws, etc.--Philippines--Quezon City; Judicial process--Philippines; Jails--Philippines--Quezon City

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