Inmates’ records at the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) are now digitized through the support of the European Union (EU). Top officials from EU and BuCor on Monday, Nov. 18, announced the completion of the digitization of records of more than 50,000 inmates currently serving sentences inside...
Some 220 students at the Manila City Jail earned their certificates and diplomas through the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS), Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) She...
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chaired by Senator Francis Tolentino will now focus its investigation on how the earlier reported missing person deprived of liberty (PDL) was actually able to escape the premises of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. Tolentino...
New Bilibid Prisons (MB file photo) Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Sunday, August 6 said he will ask authorities of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) why they allowed persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to accept food deliveries through online apps like GrabFood and...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla (Facebook) Enterprising jail guards at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City enjoy a 10 to 20 percent cut from the financial support that inmates get from their relatives outside the facility. This was bared by...
New Bilibid Prison (NBP) The good life continues for certain privileged inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City in the form of lengthy conjugal visits, fast food deliveries, online shipping, and high-powered firearms. Thus, said ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo who bared such...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Instead of throwing used tarpaulins into garbage, inmates have created them into fashionable and reusable handbags and aprons, thereby becoming their livelihood while detained at the Tabaco City District Jail in Tabaco City in this province. Fashionable handbags made of used...
CEBU CITY -- After a long hiatus, the world-renowned dancing inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) are back. CPDRC inmates showcase their dancing skills during their comeback performance on Friday, August 12, at the CPDRC facility.(Photo by Calvin D....
DANCING inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) performing before Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia during an inspection of the jail facility in 2019. (Juan Carlo de Vela/File) CEBU CITY – The Cebu provincial government is planning to bring back the renowned dancing...
"Exactly what I’ve always suspected." That was the reaction of former Senator Leila de Lima on the mysterious deaths of several high-profile inmates--including Jaybee Sebastian--inside the National Bilibid Prisons (MBP) that were passed off as Covid-19 victims. ‘’I dare add, as I’ve always...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Jail male dorm reported that some 57 percent of the 390 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are facing charges before the local court for violation of pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Photo from Rizaldy...
Yassi Pressman recently visited the Female Dormitory of the Quezon City Jail. In celebration of Women's month, she gave away shampoos and conditioners for 600 inmates there whom she described as "beautiful women who deserve a second chance." She also bought all of the handcrafted bags and pillows...
