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...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has vaccinated a total of 1000 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Laguna Provincial Jail, the organization said on Monday, Nov. 22. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC...
After a successful Tokyo Olympic stint, the Philippines is on target for another triumphant sports victory as a team of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the General Santos City Jail battles Mongolia for the right to be declared as champion of the 1st Intercontinental Online Chess Tournament...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has launched a four-day virtual training aimed at preventing its jail facilities from being turned into hosts for extremist ideologies. Dubbed as “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Insurgency (PCVEI), BJMP chief, Director Allan Iral...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Thursday, Sept. 30, that it was able to hire more qualified personnel when the minimum height requirements were lowered through the Republic Act (RA) 11459 or the Height Equality Act. “We are grateful to Senator Ronald dela Rosa for...
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)...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año remained mum on Vice-President Leni Robredo's criticism that the department is more focused on scare tactics on individuals who refused to undergo coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) swab test than convincing them to do...
Individuals with symptoms or in close contact with COVID-positive patients who refused to be tested for the virus risk themselves of imprisonment or other appropriate penalties, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has warned. DILG Sec. Eduardo Año (Photo from DILG) DILG Sec....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) denied Friday, Sept. 10, that the Oriental Mindoro Provincial Jail where two detainees were killed in a Sept. 7 shooting incident is under its jurisdiction. BJMP logo "Oriental Mindoro Provincial Jail is not under the jurisdiction and management of...
Catanduanes Rep. Hector Sanchez cited the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for its “Electronic-Dalaw (virtual visit)’’ program, saying that it provides great relief for the persons deprived of liberty (PDL) to communicate with their families especially during the pandemic. In a...
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has been freed from jail, a justice ministry source confirmed to AFP Sunday. Saadi Kadhafi, son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi (AFP) "Saadi Moamer Kadhafi has...
A female personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has donated bags of breastmilk for a newborn baby whose mother died after giving birth. Through social media, the family of the newborn baby has called for help to ask for breastmilk. Jail officer Kathrine Jatico Lapasaran...
