A total of 2,683 out of the 33,409 registered persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) voters under the custody of the Bureau Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) will cast their votes outside their jails on May 9. BJMP spokesperson Jail Supt. Xavier Solda said that most of the PDLs, a total of 30,726,...
A total of 119,175 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the jail facilities manned by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) have already been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to BJMP spokesperson Supt. Xavier Solda on Sunday, March 20. In an interview over GMA News, Solda...
The warden of the the Caloocan City Jail was sacked from his post over the deadly riot on Monday, Jan. 10, that left six people dead and more than 30 other inmates injured. Sacked was Jail Supt. Neil Subbi. He was replaced by Jail Supt. Lloyd Gonzaga. Supt. Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the Bureau...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP stressed Friday, Dec. 24, that the organization will relentlessly pursue its goal of ensuring persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and their personnel are drug-free. Photo from Supt. Xavier Solda's Twitter account BJMP spokesperson Superintendent...
A total of 271 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail officers and two non-uniformed personnel including its spokesperson were promoted to the next rank. BJMP spokesperson Supt. Xavier Solda (File photo via Twitter) Of the 271 jail officers, BJMP Director Allan Iral said Friday, Dec....
The bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has inaugurated the new Quezon City Jail Building on Wednesday, Dec. 15, a move that is part fo the bureau's efforts to improve the living condition and address the congestion woes of the inmates in its jail facilities. BJMP spokesperson in a...
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 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Wednesday, Dec. 8, that all of its jail facilities all over the country are free from the dreaded coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) virus. “We would like to announce that as of this minute, wala na po tayong kaso ng COVID sa BJMP both sa...
This good news came as a much sought Holiday season gift for the lucky persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run facilities as the bureau now allows “no contact visitations’’ in its low risk jail facilities but under certain conditions....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Sunday, Dec. 5 that only one inmate in its jail facilities was infected with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In a press briefing, BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Xavier Solda said the unnamed COVID-19 afflicted inmate is closely...
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...
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...
