Degrading prison strip searches shame political prisoners’ wives

Trigger warning: This story contains details about sexual harassment

April 21 was an otherwise normal day for 63-year-old Gloria Almonte, who went to the New Bilibid Prison’s Maximum Security Compound to visit her husband, Dionisio. What was not routine was the inspection she was subjected to: an intrusive body search that stripped her of her clothes, her dignity, and her rights.

Gloria said after she arrived at the prison facility at around 1:45 pm, she was subjected to body...