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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider BJMP holds turnover of new jail facility in QC

BJMP holds turnover of new jail facility in QC

Published Mar 29, 2022 03:06 pm

The Quezon City Jail (QCJ) on Tuesday, March 29, held the turnover of the newly-built jail facility in Brgy. Payatas, that will address the congestion problem of persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in its facility in Kamuning.

Mayor Joy Belmonte, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Chief Jail Director Allan Iral, Jail Chief Supt. Luisito Muñoz, and QCJ warden Jail Supt. Michelle Bonto attended the turnover rites.

Quezon City Male Dorm Jail Warden J/Supt Michelle Ng Bonto together with Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, during the walk-through of the newly built New Quezon City Jail Facility along Payatas Road, Quezon City, March 29, 2022. (MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN)

The facility is a five-storey accommodation composed of three buildings that stands on a 2.4 hectares of land in the area donated by the city government to the BJMP.

It has a total of 440 cells that can be occupied by 10 PDLs each.

(MARK BALMORES /MANILA BULLETIN)

The jail cells measure 47 square meters and are provided with light and air passage and adequate water.

It also features areas for non-contact visitation, laundry, livelihood training, sports, recreational activities and a medical infirmary for the PDLs, as well as an administrative building and billeting for the jail personnel.

Belmonte said that she was saddened by how international media companies use the pictures of the city’s correctional facility usually crowded with the PDLs as an example of a city that does not care about the marginalized sector.

Belmonte added that she dreamed of giving the PDLs a good place where they can exercise, study, and be visited by their loved ones, and also for the city to provide them with the right services as they prepare to get reintegrated to society.

“We would like not to punish them , but we would like to help them rehabilitate so that they can be given a second chance at life, and for me, it's the whole purpose of having a facility like this,” she said.

The QCJ said the facility, located at the corner of Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Kamias Road, which has an actual capacity of 800 as per the United Nation’s standards, now accommodates around 3,500 PDLs which is about 1,247 percent congested (UN’s standard for congestion rate is about 1247 percent while for BJMP, it is at 758 percent).

It added that the city government allotted funding for the first phase of the construction of the perimeter fence amounting to P39 million which will be followed by its second phase worth P 100 million.

Jail Superintendent Bonto said that once the perimeter fence’s construction is completed, the PDLs will be transferred to the new facility.

“We are all excited for the completion of the perimeter fence because that will be the time when we will all go back here for the inauguration of the new Quezon City jail facility and for the persons deprived of liberty to be transferred to this new facility. A new facility that would help foster the development of our PDLs into becoming productive citizens of our country in preparation for their eventual reintegration to society upon their release,” she said.

The jail facility has a total project cost of P1,397,103,730.56. Its construction started in 2018.

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