The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to issue clear guidelines on the implementation of Republic Act (RA) No. 10592, the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. GCTA credits for good behavior of a person deprived of liberty (PDL) shorten the period of his or her jail...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
A total of 5,183 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been freed from various detention facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) as of Oct. 31, 2023, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said on Friday, Nov. 10. The number of released PDLs was disclosed by Remulla in Puerto...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Friday, Nov. 10, it will hire 1,000 more corrections officers (COs) in 2024 to augment its personnel in its prison facilities nationwide. This year BuCor had hired 1,500 COs, 502 of them just graduated from a six-month training, while 528 others just...
The hospital of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City will soon be a world-class facility to handle the needs of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and incumbent or retired officials and personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr....
Five hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City were transfered on Monday, Nov. 6, to the Davao Prison and Panel Farm (DPPF) in Davao del Norte. In a statement, the Bureau of...
A total of 502 personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) underwent a six-month training and graduated on Monday, Nov. 6, with the rank of corrections officer 1 (CO1). During the graduation ceremony held at BuCor's headquarters in Muntinlupa City, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday, Nov. 3, welcomed the plan of the Supreme Court (SC), through the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC), to hold a National Jail Decongestion Summit to address congestions in the country's detention facilities. BuCor Director General Gregorio...
A total of 2,102 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who were qualified to vote cast their votes during last Monday's, Oct. 30, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. “PDLs who were qualified to vote are those confined in the facility who are...
A total of 2,293 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bureau of Corrections' (BuCor) prison facilities has been declared qualified to vote in today's, Oct. 30, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The prison facility with the most number of voters is the Davao Prison and Penal...
Three Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officers who were charged with bribery in the release of firearms to the bureau's personnel have surrendered and posted bail of P60,000 each before the Muntinlupa City regional trial court (RTC). In a statement, BuCor said that those charged and have surrendered...
Four hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) in Davao del Norte have been vaccinated against pneumonia, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said. Those who were vaccinated early this month were PDLs at DPPF's maximum security compound, medium security...
