More than 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have been transferred to the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) in Panabo City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Friday, March 22. “The transfer of PDLs from various operating prisons and...
A total of 200 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred to the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in the continuing efforts to decongest the overcrowded New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. In a statement issued on Friday, March 22, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the...
A vehicle owned by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. was fired upon Tuesday morning, March 19, while on the way to pick up a ranking corrections official in Quezon City. The bureau said in a statement that Catapang’s Toyota Hilux with plate number WDQ-811...
Twenty-four persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been released from the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Tuesday, March 19. Those released last March 15 had served their jail terms with their credits under the Good Conduct Time Allowance...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Monday, March 18, it has only one Facebook account -- https://www.facebook.com/piobucorofficial -- as it warned the public against entertaining other social media accounts purportedly those of the bureau's. “Any other Facebook pages claiming to represent...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) can recover the lands in its prison and penal farms that were transferred to other government agencies but were not utilized for the purposes specified in the transfer. Cited were the 12,323.2 hectares of land in BuCor’s Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in...
For their long years of service, at least 42 out of 275 employees set for dismissal on Saturday, March 16, for failure to comply with eligibility requirements will be retained by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). In a statement, BuCor said those who will be retained included a corrections senior...
A total of 97 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are set for release after having served at least 40 years in jail with good conduct time allowance (GCTA) credits, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Wednesday, March 13. The release of the PDLs was approved by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin...
The services of 275 veteran employees of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will be terminated on March 15 for their failure, despite extensions, to comply with the educational requirements for their employment. BuCor said the affected employes failed to comply with the provisions of Republic Act...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has 93 new corrections officers for deployment to its prison facilities nationwide to augment its workforce. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the new officers graduated on Thursday, Feb. 29 after completing their Corrections Officer...
The digitization of the records of the more than 53,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide is now 85 percent complete. The digitization of the records or carpeta of PDLs, instead of the manual viewing, would make it easier for BuCor...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has constructed a new park for visiting families and other guests of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. The park is located on top of what was rumored as mass graves for killed PDLs. The 5,000 square-meter...
