The high congestion rate in the jail facilities of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) remains a Herculean challenge in containing the transmission of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) not only among the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) but also among the personnel, the...
The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care said people living in prisons should not be neglected as COVID-19 vaccination program roll out across the country. Bishop Joel Baylon (Photo courtesy Diocese of Legazpi) “They must be...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) cited the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Thursday, Nov. 25, for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination work it rendered to its personnel and persons deprived of liberty (PDL). In...
Believe or not, there is a school inside the jail facility manned by the Bureau of Jail management and Penology (BJMP) in Manila. As proof that all is not lost for the persons deprived of liberty (PDL), a three-storey school building was constructed inside the Manila City Jail Male Dormitory to...
A total of 114,570 out of 125,082 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) were inoculated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as of Nov. 21. The figure represents 91 percent vaccinated PDLs, according to BJMP chief Director Allan Iral....
Detained Senator Leila de Lima has commended jail and prison volunteers for investing their time and effort to share love and compassion among persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and help them heal and become closer to God. As the country celebrated the 34th Prison Awareness Week, De Lima said the...
To provide hope for the most vulnerable whom it serves without discrimination, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has been vaccinating persons deprived of liberty (PDL) through it mobile vaccination clinics. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) Out of the 107,497 individuals that the PRC “Bakuna Bus”...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Monday, Oct. 25, that it has recorded low coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) jail cases and high vaccination rate among its persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the past six months. BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Xavier Solda said that...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar said a total of 1,629 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Las Pinas City Jail were vaccinated against COVID-19. Citing the City Health Office (CHO) report, Aquilar said 227 female inmates and 1,402 male inmates were inoculated against the dreaded disease. The city...
On account of their good conduct, 13 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released last Sept. 19 from the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro. In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the 13 freed PDLs had qualified under Republic Act No. 10592, the law on...
The Pasig City local government on Friday ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts as it aimed to inoculate more than 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Pasig City Jail. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) According to Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, the local government unit (LGU)...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the conduct of special satellite registration activities in jail facilities or detention centers will resume on Sept. 16. Comelec/MB * "With the lifting of the Inter Agebcy Task Force (IATF) of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) status...
