One-month-old baby Randall Emmanuel beats his mother’s record of being a young prisoner. Amanda Echanis joined her parents in prison when she was 2 years old.

Still reeling from the trauma of the death of 3-month-old baby River Nasino, human rights groups pleaded with authorities for a more humane accommodation of activist Amanda Echanis who is in jail with her one-month-old baby, Randall Emmanuel.

32-year-old Amanda, daughter of recently-killed activist Randall Echanis, was arrested on December 2 for alleged illegal possession of firearms and explosives. She took her baby with her to the detention facility in Camp Adduro, Tuguegarao.

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