ILOILO CITY – Jails in Western Visayas remain overcrowded despite registering a lower congestion rate of 280 percent in the first six months of this year. THE construction of a new jail facility is underway in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (BJMP-6) According to the Bureau of Jail Management and...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to relocate the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Male Dormitory in Barangay Singcang-Airport to a new site in Barangay Granada. Mayor Albee Benitez, accompanied by Barangay-Singcang Airport Captain Caesar Distrito, recently inspected the...
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...
BAGUIO CITY – A woman married her boyfriend incarcerated at the Baguio City Jail on Thursday, January 18. This historic wedding was the first granted to a Person Deprived of Liberty and his fiancée inside a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in the country. BUTCH and Marlyn kiss...
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...
