Participants claimed that some of the punishments meted out were outdated – they described a range of verbal, physical, and mentally intrusive acts. These include battery, humiliation, intimidation, using foul language against detainees, isolation, forcing detainees to clean or do rigorous physical exercises such as hours of squatting, and worse, the cancellation of GCTA and the deprivation of communication with family and peers that lasts from a few weeks to several months. In some cases, inmates are prohibited from participating in economic activities as punishment. In some facilities, women receive threats of serving longer sentences. A number of FGD participants agreed that detention staff may be harsher to political detainees. A participant from the Sorsogon BJMP District Jail described their helplessness: “’Pag nagkasala kami pinapa-pumping, pull-ups, face-the-wall, depende kung ilang oras, tapos bawal dalaw, bawal phone call, alam naman nila na mahirap ang kalagayan namin dito, minsan po wala na kaming magagawa kasi isa lang po kaming preso (When we make mistakes, they would have us do squat thrusts, pull-ups, facing the wall, all depending on how long they want us to. We would be prohibited from getting visits or making phone calls despite them knowing how hard it is for us to be here. We can’t do anything as we’re mere prisoners).” Older women are usually exempted from physical punishments, although PWDs are not. In some facilities, when one inmate is deemed deserving of punishment, cellmates of this person receive the same sanctions. Furthermore, stereotyped lesbian, bisexual, and transgender detainees experience SOGIE-based discrimination. Those whose gender expressions are masculine are automatically assigned tasks that require heavy lifting. Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender inmates are also under stricter regulations when it comes to socializing. In terms of marital visiting privileges, partners of LBT detainees are not accorded these as they are not considered as spouses; they can visit their incarcerated partners only on days when friends are allowed to do so. In several facilities, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women are segregated from WDL perceived to be straight or heteronorm-adhering. They are instead roomed with seniors and/or women with disabilities. In some detention facilities like in Makati and in CARAGA, LBT women accept the segregation, finding common interests and feeling more secure in 25