Because right as we got home, Vera informed us of the news that Artem led an attack on the Old Bilibid Prison or the Manila City Jail while we were away.
It was something that should've taken careful planning and a good number of people, but brute force does work sometimes as long as a few things were guaranteed.
Firstly, whether that place still had allied forces or not, they should've been keeping contact with the outside and if they weren't, that only means that they either joined the other side or were doing their own thing or agenda.
Secondly, regarding the prisoners, whether they did something petty or not, while it was true that everyone deserved a second chance, there was still a difference between losing the first chance and someone who hadn't done anything in the first place.