By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has pressed for the passage into law of various bills in Congress that seek to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) that would address the conditions of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in detention facilities nationwide....
Another batch of 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro to address congestions in prison facilities. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its full support to the filing of various bills in Congress to set up a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) that would comply with the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (PPAB) With a P1.5 billion increase in its 2024 budget, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) should strengthen its reintegration programs for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), says Bicol Saro...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan Amid the overpopulation of penal and detention facilities, a congressman has suggested providing appropriate interventions to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to prevent them from becoming repeat...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its full support to the enactment into law of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2031 on Jails and Prisons Monitoring Act of 2023 that would help ensure the safety and security of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) inside detention centers. Filed by Sen. Raffy...
(Unsplash) The daily food and medicine allowances of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are unchanged in the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024, despite efforts from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to increase them. This was learned...
CARMONA CITY, Cavite – A batch of inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDL) here proved that being in jail is not a barrier to education. On Thursday, August 10, 40 PDLs and three former PDLs marched during the Alternative Learning System graduation and moving up ceremony of the Bureau of...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking another round of investigation over the alleged mass grave found along the septic tank inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sen. Francis Tolentino inspects the facilities inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) together with...
Learning is for all — this was proven by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) as it conducted free digital literacy training for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in Mamburao District Jail. PDLs of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Mamburao District Jail...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is hoping that Jose Rizal will serve as an inspiration for the Filipino people to ensure and protect the liberty of the country. In a statement on Rizal Day, Marcos cited Rizal's efforts to set the country free from the colonizers "despite the threat of...
