Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon announced that the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has allowed the entry of public utility vehicles (PUVs) inside the New Bilibid Prison Reservation to transport thousands of students from two public schools. Thousands of students and teachers of Pamantasan ng Lungsod...
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has been tapped by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for agricultural production in the country 's prison and penal farms. The BuCor had earlier said it has 48,783.31 hectares of land nationwide that can be converted to agricultural and aqua-culture sites as...
The Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) has been certified by the Department of Health (DOH) as a tuberculosis (TB) therapy center where diagnostic, treatment and counseling services can be done, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. In a statement, the BuCor said that the DOH Regional Office XI...
A female visitor was arrested in her attempt to smuggle into the New Bilibid Prison (NBI) in Muntinlupa City suspected illegal drugs that were stashed inside her private part, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Wednesday, March 26. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr....
Project KILO, a multibillion-peso national project aimed at addressing decades-long critical issues in the Philippine prison system, and seven other projects were added in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center’s project pipeline, which now totals ₱2.6 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP...
A total of 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City had been transferred to the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) in Zamboanga City. In a statement on Monday, March 17, the BuCor said the transfer "was part of the continued decongestion plan of...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The Bureau of Corections (BuCor) is set to construct an airport and a seaport within the 27,000-hectare reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in this city. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. told journalists the setting up of an...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has ordered the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to speed up the transfer to regional prisons of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who have been convicted of criminal cases involving illegal drugs and detained at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa...
A jail guard of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City has been dismissed from the service after his arrest during an illegal drugs buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Parañaque City. Dismissed by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director...
One hundred more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred last Friday, Aug. 2, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro. Last July, 500 PDLs were also transferred to SPPF as part of the continuous decongestion...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has welcomed the commitment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct forensic autopsies on deceased persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to ensure that their rights will be upheld and protected. The DOJ had signed a declaration of cooperation with...
A person deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Philippine Military Academy's (PMA) stockade in Baguio City has been arrested, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Saturday, July 27. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. identified the PDL as Federico Abamonga who was arrested last...
