For a few quiet hours inside the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory on Friday, May 8, mothers deprived of liberty were reunited with their children and loved ones in an early Mother’s Day gathering marked by tears, embraces, and long-awaited moments together. The visit turned the correctional...
CEBU CITY – An inmate was beaten up before he was found dead inside his cell at the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan here. Dr. Rene Cam, medico legal officer of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI), said rape suspect Fernando Prajes bore severe injuries in the...
Science and technology-based training programs for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) are set to be implemented following a partnership between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Ilocos Region and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology – Dagupan City Jail Male Dormitory (BJMP...
The congestion rate in all the jails supervised and managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) t is now down to 294 percent from 600 percent during the previous administration. In a press briefing, BJMP spokesperson Supt. Jayrex Bustinera said the current congestion rate is...
ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred inmates of the Iloilo City District Jail (ICDJ) benefited from a post-Christmas medical mission over the weekend. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) thanked the True Wellness Medical Group and partner Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for...
BACOLOD CITY – Contraband – four sachets of suspected shabu, six cellphones, and two improvised bladed weapons – were seized during random greyhound operations inside the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental on Nov. 18 and 20. Jail Senior...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology–Negros Island Region (BJMP-NIR) is investigating how a cellphone was smuggled into the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a video allegedly filmed by a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) during a...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Negros Island Region has reinforced security at the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, after a gun was thrown over wall of the facility on Sunday, Aug. 24. In a statement released Tuesday, Aug. 26, Jail...
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....
