A total of 40,875 out of the 123,499 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were injected with full doses of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) disclosed on Sunday, Oct. 24. The...
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 World Health Organization (WHO) donated on Tuesday, Oct 12, a total of 1,500 Abbott Panbio coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) Ag Rapid Antigen Test Kits to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-National Capital Region (BJMP-NCR). Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative to the...
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...
Handicrafts made by inmates inside the jail facilities under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Sorsogon and Davao City are gaining worldwide acceptance. Aside from Hawaii and other parts of the United States, the handicrafts are also being sold in other parts of the world via...
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 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...
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...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) appealed to local government units (LGUs) Monday, August 30, to include persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination priority list. Major Xavier Solda, spokesperson of Bureau of Jail Management...
The death toll in a botched escape plan of inmates at the Marikina City Jail has increased to three after a jail guard succumbed to serious body injuries, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Friday, Aug. 27. Major Xavier Solda, spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and...
Two inmates of the Marikina City Jail died after they allegedly figured in a shootout with jail guards following an attempt to escape from the jail facility. Maj. Xavier Solda, spokesman of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), confirmed the death of the two Persons Deprived of Liberty...
