The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has partnered with peacebuilding organization Climate Conflict Action Asia (CCAA) to promote a reintegration framework anchored on restorative justice, focusing on the unique needs of women returnees and mothers deprived of liberty. Unveiled during...
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....
The congestion rate in detention facilities under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) continues to decline amid the policy reforms on facility upgrades and operational efficiency. From 358 percent in 2023, BJMP chief Director Ruel Rivera said they were able to reduce it to 296 percent...
ILIGAN CITY – Six Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) – three females and three males – were married at the Iligan City Jail on Friday, June 27. The ceremony was part of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Community Relations Month, said Jail Officer 2 Walter Mainit Jr., Welfare...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has initiated additional administrative charges against a jail officer who not only tested positive for drug use but also suspected to have ties to the illegal drugs trade here and province of Iloilo. Jail Senior Insp. Juniven Rey Umadhay...
CEBU CITY – The newly installed regional director of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Central Visayas (BJMP-7) vowed to get rid of the perennial problem of contraband being sneaked into prison facilities. Jail Chief Supt. Luisito Muñoz said he is aware that some Persons Deprived of...
A total of 473 special polling precincts will be open for qualified persons deprived of liberty (PDls) voters from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the May 12 midterm elections, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) stated. In an exclusive interview, BJMP spokesperson Supt. Jayrex Bustinera noted...
BACOLOD CITY - A 41-year-old woman was arrested by authorities after she was caught with a sachet of suspected shabu worth P3,400 during a visit to her live-in partner at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in Barangay 2, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 20....
(Photo: BJMP Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory) Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) participated in “Senakulo”, Station of the Cross, and other traditional Lenten season activities in observance of...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has express its full support to the initiatives in Congress to place the control and supervision of all provincial, city and municipal jails under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). In a statement, the CHR said that BJMP's control and supervision...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is investigating a jail officer for alleged involvement in the illegal drugs trade here and the province of Iloilo. The jail officer was named by a major drug suspect as his supplier of suspected shabu valued at P2.3 million seized in Jaro,...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Contributed photo) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is demanding accountability public apology from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for issuing a memorandum...
