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THE EARLY POLICY OF SENDING THE WORST PRISONERS TO THE PLACE WAS ABANDONED AFTER THE MUTINY OF THIRTY-THREE PRISONERS ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1905. PRISONERS OF GOOD CONDUCT WERE SENT AND GIVEN LANDS, TOOLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES AND IN CERTAIN AREAS THEIR FAMILIES WERE ALLOWED TO LIVE WITH THEM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RAMON VICTORIO, FIRST FILIPINO SUPERINTENDENT, 1921.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165904,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"registry_category":[4628],"level_status":[4626],"labels":[5085,6520,4625,4627,4931,6355,5449,4483],"class_list":["post-164879","historical-sites","type-historical-sites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","registry_category-national-historical-landmark","level_status-level-i","labels-5085","labels-iwahig-penal-colony","labels-level-i","labels-national-historical-landmark","labels-palawan","labels-penitentiary-level-i","labels-prison","labels-region-iv-b"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iwahig Penal Colony* - 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