TACLOBAN CITY – Two Persons Deprived of Liberty were killed and another was wounded by gunmen in Maasin City, Leyte on Tuesday, April 24. The fatalities were Melchor Maceda and John Paul Siguera and the survivor was Claudio Cortel, all inmates of the Southern Leyte Provincial Jail in Barangay...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (PPAB) With a P1.5 billion increase in its 2024 budget, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) should strengthen its reintegration programs for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), says Bicol Saro...
BAGUIO CITY – A woman married her boyfriend incarcerated at the Baguio City Jail on Thursday, January 18. This historic wedding was the first granted to a Person Deprived of Liberty and his fiancée inside a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in the country. BUTCH and Marlyn kiss...
BAGUIO CITY – Fourteen jails managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Cordillera were honored by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as drug-free facilities for Persons Deprived of Liberty and declared drug-free workplace on Monday, January 15. PDEA Regional Director Laurefel...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Seventy-five Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in North Cotabato were released through the Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) program of the Supreme Court (SC) at the Provincial Capitol in Barangay Amas here on Thursday, November 30. SEVENTY-FIVE Persons Deprived of Liberty...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) deserves kudos for initiating projects that showcase the creative works of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) and provide them opportunities to remain productive...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PNA) – Some 450 inmates from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City arrived here late Sunday evening, October 1, for their transfer to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF). The group,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections has allowed 1,279 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in two jails here to vote in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Four-hundred two are from the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ)-Special Intensive Care Area (SICA) in...
CARMONA CITY, Cavite – A batch of inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDL) here proved that being in jail is not a barrier to education. On Thursday, August 10, 40 PDLs and three former PDLs marched during the Alternative Learning System graduation and moving up ceremony of the Bureau of...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking another round of investigation over the alleged mass grave found along the septic tank inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sen. Francis Tolentino inspects the facilities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) together with...
CEBU CITY – For this group of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL), having restricted freedom is not a hindrance in their quest for knowledge. Clad in traditional white togas and with their parents and relatives in attendance, some 145 PDLs on Monday, August 7, graduated from the Alternative...
Learning is for all — this was proven by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) as it conducted free digital literacy training for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in Mamburao District Jail. PDLs of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Mamburao District Jail...
