Inmates sleep at Quezon City Jail in Manila, Philippines November 5, 2016. Nearly 2,300 drug users and dealers have been killed in police operations or by suspected vigilantes since Duterte took office on June 30, according to the Philippines police. Thousands more have been arrested, filling the country's already seething jails to bursting point. Quezon City Jail was built to hold 800 inmates but is now home to over 3,400 – far too many for its cell area, which is roughly equivalent to three basketball courts. In mid-August, as Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign intensified, the population briefly topped 4,000 until the jail insisted that detainees were sent elsewhere. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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