(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up .) Good morning. The deteriorating situation inside Philippine jails, the pleas of a Saudi asylum seeker in Thailand and the mysteries of whale song. Here’s the latest: Inside the Philippines’ overcrowded jails Since President Rodrigo Duterte launched a violent antidrug campaign in 2016, Philippine jails have become increasingly packed, ranking among the most crowded in the world. In Manila City Jail, more than 500 men sleep in a space meant for just 170. The guards are so outnumbered — one officer for every 528 inmates on a recent shift — that gangs help maintain order. “When you are detained in Philippine jails, you are being tortured,” said one member of the government’s Commission on Human Rights. Go deeper: Here’s a closer look at Mr. Duterte’s drug crackdown, in which the police have killed thousands of people. Prayers and a steel wall At negotiations over the U.S. government shutdown on Saturday, Vice President Mike Pence insisted on beginning with a prayer. So Republicans asked God to “bring us together.” On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staff members began with another prayer — noting that Jesus and Mary were both refugees. The two… Read full this story
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