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Manila City Jail
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Background
The Manila City Jail, popularly known as Old Bilibid Prison, is a detention center in Manila, Philippines. It is one of the most overcrowded jails in the world.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,100
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Bureau of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Metro Manila
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Insufficient data
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- New Bilibid PrisonMuntinlupaMaximumNational426% occupancy
- Muntinlupa City Jail - Male DormitoryMuntinlupaCity jail2218% occupancy
- San Mateo Municipal Jail - Male DormitorySan MateoMunicipal jail2124% occupancy
- New Bilibid PrisonMuntinlupaNational penitentiary484% occupancy
- Manila City Jail - Male DormitoryManilaCity jail980% occupancy
- Quezon City Jail - Male DormitoryQuezon CityCity jail475% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in Philippines
261 peersCapacity (beds)this: 1100 · peers avg: 732 (+50%)
Data completeness
30%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q99469652)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Manila City Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manila-city-jail
Chicago
"Manila City Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manila-city-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-manila-city-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Manila City Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/manila-city-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}