A total of 108 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) was released on Christmas eve from the prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide. In a statement issued on late Sunday afternoon, Dec. 24, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said that BuCor will release about...
Almost 300 persons deprived of liberty (DPLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have sought legal consultation with the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) for their possible release. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the legal consulation was done last Dec. 19 during the visist of...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials and personnel have been ordered to enforce strictly the ban on the entry of former persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in prison facilities nationwide. In a statement on Thursday, Dec. 21, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the ban...
Seventy-three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will now celebrate their Christmas and New Year with their families after they were freed on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Those released have either served their prison terms, completed their jail term through good conduct time allowance (GCTA), and have been...
The Muntinlupa City regional trial court (RTC) has ordered the return to the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City from the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro of seven high-profile persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who had wanted to recant their testimonies against former...
Sixty-seven percent of 3,186 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City have undergone screening and evaluation for possible release on parole and executive clemency. Executive clemency refers to reprieve, absolute pardon, conditional...
Personnel of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have been prohibited from burning trash inside the facility's reservation in Muntinlupa City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. “All BuCor personnel residing at NBP Reservation are hereby directed to strictly observe and/or comply with the...
A total of 300 more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) has been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the transfer is in line with jail decongestion at NBP and the Correctional...
A total of 10,010 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been released from the prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) from July 1 to Dec. 4, 2023. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. attributed the large number of freed PDLs to the bureau's "Bilis Laya"...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Monday, Dec. 4, said 5,275 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City are suffering from various chronic illnesses. Of those ill, BuCor said that 622 PDLs are afflicted with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary...
The number of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City has decreased as of Nov.30, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Monday, Dec. 4. BuCor said that from 29,811 PDLs last Oct. 31, the number was reduced to 29,442 as of Nov. 30. But BuCor Director...
Instead of a Department of Correctional Services, Bureau of Corrections Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. suggested the creation of a Bureau of Correctional Services (BCS) under the Department of Justice (DOJ). With the creation of a BCS, all prison facilities of BuCor, the Bureau of...
