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,...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) launched on Tuesday, March 14, a program that aims to rehabilitate persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under its custody through the library educational system. Dubbed as the “Read Your Way Out: Advancing Prison Reform through Libraries for Lifelong...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – Authorities have identified persons of interest in the shooting-to-death of a police officer and a jail personnel and the wounding of a female civilian during a fiesta celebration on Saturday night, Feb. 18, in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. “Just this afternoon, I was in...
A total of 5,113 jail officer aspirants took the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Entry Level Examination (EnLex) on Saturday, Feb. 11. “This represents 91.06 percent of the expected 5,615 registered examinees in various examination centers across the country,’’ the BJMP said in...
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...
A total of 72 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from the Zamboanga City Jail Reformatory Center in January through intensified paralegal support service, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail warden Supt. Xavier Solda said on Thursday, Feb. 2. “We are hoping that more...
