Jails, justice system at breaking point as Philippine drugs war intensifies

A detainee watches a basketball game inside the city jail of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao

MANILA Reuters) - In a teeming prison for undertrials in the Philippines' capital Manila, Rody Lacanilao, an inmate for 18 months, says he prays for clear weather at night.

A downpour, he says, will prevent him and hundreds of fellow prisoners in the Quezon City jail from sleeping on plywood mats in an outdoor hallway. The cells themselves are overflowing with an influx of detainees from President Rodrigo Duterte's year-long war on drugs.