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IN PHOTOS: Mandaluyong jail holds annual mass wedding for 21 detainees

November 3, 2026

20261103-KasalanSaPiitan-ADS-5424 — A bride walks down the aisle during the annual “Kasalan sa Piitan: Love Inside the Prison Walls” mass wedding at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology grounds in Mandaluyong City on Nov. 3, 2026. Twenty-one male persons deprived of liberty married their partners during the ceremony. Photo by Angie de Silva.

Twenty-one male Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) married their partners during the annual “Kasalan sa Piitan: Love Inside the Prison Walls” ceremony at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology grounds in Mandaluyong City on Nov. 3, 2026.

Mandaluyong Mayor Menchie Abalos officiated the mass wedding, which was attended by Vice Mayor Anthony Suva, other city officials and BJMP officers.

The annual event allows couples to formalize their unions while one partner remains in detention.

All photos by Angie de Silva

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