BAGUIO CITY – Fourteen jails managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Cordillera were honored by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as drug-free facilities for Persons Deprived of Liberty and declared drug-free workplace on Monday, January 15. PDEA Regional Director Laurefel...
BUTUAN CITY – More than 1.5 tons of contraband were seized by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-Caraga in a day-long “Oplan: Baklas” at Butuan City Jail Male Dormitory on January 8. “Throughout the operation, this substantial amount of ‘nuisance contraband’ was confiscated, and...
The national government will organize the National Jail Decongestion Summit in a bid to address the pressing overcrowding issues in the local jail facilities, the The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) disclosed on Monday, Nov. 6. (BJMP PHOTO) In a statement, the BJMP...
SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan – A 43-year-old widow was arrested for possession of suspected shabu concealed in a panty liner during a visit to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility here on Saturday, October 28. Police identified the suspect as Myra Posadas Martinez of Barangay...
About 80 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) underwent voting simulation exercise for the Oct. 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The Pateros Municipal Police Station in collaboration with Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Department of Education (DepEd)...
BACOLOD CITY – The mother of a Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) received a new house from the Metro Bacolod District Jail-Male Dormitory Annex (MBDJ-MDA) in Barangay Handumanan here on Friday, September 15. JAIL Chief Supt. Simeon Dolojo Jr. (third from left), director of BJMP-Western Visayas,...
Provincial and sub-provincial jails would soon be under the management of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). This, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, will happen once the proposed Jail Integration Act is enacted into law. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, June 26, named Ruel Rivera as the new chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). (From left) Jail Director Ruel Rivera and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (Photo...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Friday, June 23, that it is constructing additional jail facilities in coordination with local government units (LGUs) nationwide to address the bureau’s congestion rate woes. *(Courtesy of BJMP) * BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Jayrex...
SANTO TOMAS CITY, Batangas – A member of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was shot dead on Saturday evening, June 3, in Barangay San Miguel, this city. The Batangas Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the victim as Leonardo Caronan, 43, assigned to the BJMP in Cabuyao...
Marijuana leaves (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Unsplash, Facebook) If Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez would have his way, he would start decongesting cramped local prisons by freeing who he describes as "non-violent marijuana (cannabis) offenders"....
Malacañang has bared a new set of appointees made by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the Supreme Court and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Marcos has named Brendan Fulgencio as Jail Chief Superintendent at BJMP. In a list released by the Palace on Tuesday, March 21,...
