SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna: Six inmates escaped from the San Pedro City Jail at 3:30 a.m. on Monday. He said the escapees cut the iron grill of their cell and escaped. Depositar said the jail has been overcrowded by 800 percent from the time they started relentless anti-illegal drug operations in the city. “The jail is overcrowded if we go by the international standard of 4.7 square meters per inmate,” he noted. Tracker teams were deployed to recapture the escapees and an alarm was sent to all adjacent police stations.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2017 13:52 UTC