by: Jonathan Licuan

In this file photo, a teacher facilitates a class under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) for inmate students at the Valenzuela City Jail, Oct. 4, 2013.

by: Mark Cayabyab

In this file photo: a medical mission conducted for inamtes at Valenzuela City Jail, Oct. 23, 2013.

by: Mark Cayabyab

In this file photo shows the interiors of the newly-built Valenzuela City Jail, Oct. 23, 2013. The facility has relatively better ventilation compared to the old city jail.

by: Mark Cayabyab

The six-storey Valenzuela City Jail pictured on Oct. 23, 2013. It has been designed to accommodate 2,000 inmates but has 625 people so far according to latest data. It sits on the former site of the City police station and the old city jail.

by: Mark Cayabyab

Mayor REX Gatchalian visits the city jail in this August 2013 file photo to formally open the first basketball competition for inmates at the newly-built structure.

by: Mark Cayabyab

Inmates of Valenzuela City Jail fill up the sunning area of the six-storey building in Maysan Road Brgy. Malinta for facility's first basketball competition, in this August 2013 file photo.

by: Mark Cayabyab

The city jail of the old in this February 2011 file photo, inmates cook food for themselves in haphazard fashion. The old facility was demolished to make way for a new facility that now implements a systematic floor plans and management systems that it now aims for an ISO certification.

by: Mark Cayabyab

An inmate shows a piece of paper with his message for his family. The cell, as shown in this February 2011 file photo, is full beyond its capacity. The old facility was demolished to give way for a six-storey building with 2,000 capacity.