To separate the sick and at‐risk PDLs from those who are not, the former have been quarantined in certain designated rooms within the correctional facilities to which they belong.107 CNN Philippines Staff. (2020, April 21). Last updated 2020, April 21. 18 Inmates, One Jail Worker in Women’s Correctional Contract COVID‐19. CNN Philippines. Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/4/21/Women‐s‐Correctional‐more‐COVID‐19‐infections.html
Quarantine structures for PDLs have also been arranged around Metro Manila.108 Batnag. D. (2020, April 20). Coronavirus: Philippines Acts to Avert Public Health Crisis in Jails. The Straits Times. Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se‐asia/philippines‐acts‐to‐avert‐public‐health‐crisis‐in‐jails
In addition, quarantine facilities that can hold around 500 people have been set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross in certain prisons.109 Santos, op. cit. note 104.