The 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), who were transferred last Friday, March 27, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, arrived on Sunday morning, March 29, at the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director...
Acting Justice Secretary Fredderick A. Vida has assured a cleanup of the backlog in the review of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) applications of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the custody of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Under Republic Act No. 10592, the GCTA law, the PDLs...
Five hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City were transferred last Friday, March 27, to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the continuing transfer...
CEBU CITY – This group of inmates at the Mandaue City Jail could have not asked for a better Christmas present. Four days before Christmas, 108 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) were released on Monday, Dec. 22, after they qualified for the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) under Republic Act...
The local government of Pasig on Thursday, Oct. 9, turned over 3,324 sacks of rice and various livelihood and security equipment for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Pasig City Jail Male and Female Dormitories to strengthen their livelihood programs and support their daily needs. Pasig...
BACOLOD CITY - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) has designated Jail Senior Insp. Raymund Aro as officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) staged an eight-hour...
BACOLOD CITY – Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City held a noise barrage on Thursday morning, Aug. 28, calling for the ouster of jail warden Jail Chief Insp. Crisyrel Awe due to unfair treatment. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna - Police announced that the last two Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) who escaped from the Batangas Provincial Jail on July 28 have been recaptured. Loreto was apprehended around 7:30 p.m. on Monday in Ibaan, Batangas. Gerald was arrested at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday,...
IBAAN, Batangas – Police reported that 10 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) escaped from the Batangas Provincial Jail here on Monday morning, July 28. The Police Regional Office 4-A confirmed the escape around 10 a.m. Investigation said a prison guard was escorting PDLs to the public utility...
Persistent jail overcrowding, slow case resolution, and limited rehabilitation support continue to hamper reforms in the country’s criminal justice system, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Tuesday, Jul. 8. BJMP Acting Director for Program Development, Jail Senior Supt....
ILIGAN CITY – Six Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) – three females and three males – were married at the Iligan City Jail on Friday, June 27. The ceremony was part of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Community Relations Month, said Jail Officer 2 Walter Mainit Jr., Welfare...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Five Persons Deprived of Liberty bolted the Basilan Provincial Jail in Barangay Sumagdang, Isabela City, Basilan province on Sunday, March 30. ONE of the cells at the Basilan Provincial Jail in Isabela City, Basilan. The escapees were identified as Amar Mohammad...
