Senator Erwin Tulfo vowed that he will continuously push for the release of overstaying and sick persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as he recently delivered thousands of medical and hygiene items to over 2,000 inmates at the New Bilibid Prison’s (NBP) minimum-security facility. Tulfo, who chairs...
Jeepneys have started to transport students of public schools inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation in Muntinlupa on Aug. 11. Public utility vehicles (PUVs) were allowed to go inside the NBP compound in Barangay Poblacion in an agreement by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), which...
Four corrections officers have been relieved and preventively suspended after the stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty (PDL) died and two other prisoners wounded. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) identified them as C/Insp....
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been asked to probe the Jan. 2 stabbing incident inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City where one person deprived of liberty (PDL) died and two other prisoners were injured, the Bureau of...
Five hundred persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Thursday, Oct. 24. “The transfer of PDLs to various prison and...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) resumed today, August 15, its "Katarungan Caravan" that provides free legal assistance to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who seek early release from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. Spearheaded by the DOJ's Action Center (DOJAC), PDLs at the NBP's...
One hundred more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred last Friday, Aug. 2, from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro. Last July, 500 PDLs were also transferred to SPPF as part of the continuous decongestion...
More than 40 lawyers from the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and the Legal Aid Society of the Philippines provided free legal service to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Friday, July 12. In a statement, the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Another batch of 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro to address congestions in prison facilities. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio...
Seven prison personnel may face administrative and criminal charges on complaints that they conducted "humiliating, degrading, and traumatic" strip searches on wives of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. In a statement, the Department of...
In the urban landscape of Metro Manila, where available land is increasingly scarce, the Department of Finance is suggesting the development of new modern business districts on two large state-owned lands that could replicate the success of Bonifacio Global City (BGC). Finance Secretary Ralph G....
A total of 459 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan to augment the latter's need for manpower in its food security project. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director General...
