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...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has welcomed the commitment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct forensic autopsies on deceased persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to ensure that their rights will be upheld and protected. The DOJ had signed a declaration of cooperation with...
A person deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Philippine Military Academy's (PMA) stockade in Baguio City has been arrested, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Saturday, July 27. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. identified the PDL as Federico Abamonga who was arrested last...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has vowed to strengthen efforts to "cleanse the bureau of scalawags" after the arrest of a jail guard who was one of the suspects in the killing of a mother and her son last June. Corrections Officers 1 Pio Jonathan...
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...
Corrections Chief Inspector Josemari D. Alambro is the new acting superintendent of the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog, Leyte. Alambro replaced C/Supt. Alfredo A Devaras Jr. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), in its statement issued on Saturday, May 11, did not state if Devaras...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed "grave concern" over complaints against strip searches aired by wives who visit their detained husbands at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP in Muntinlupa City. It cited the issue raised by KAPATID, a support group of families and friends of...
Businessman Cedric Lee, one of four persons convicted of serious illegal detention for ransom in a case filed by television host Ferdinand "Vhong" Navarro, has been turned over by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to the Bureau of Corrections' (BuCor) New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday, March 18, that one of the suspects in the killing of broadcaster Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa died of brain hemorrhage, the statement came amid insinuations of foul play behind his death. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the death...
(Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking to build a new headquarters inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. This was revealed during a coordination meeting between PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio...
Seventy-three persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will now celebrate their Christmas and New Year with their families after they were freed on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Those released have either served their prison terms, completed their jail term through good conduct time allowance (GCTA), and have been...
About 40 hectares of land in the vast reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been planted to hybrid rice with over 450 more hectares to be devoted to other agricultural and livestock production. Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang...
