The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) assured on Friday, May 17, that there will be no whitewash in the investigation by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on the strip searches conducted on visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). “We submitted to this investigation to prove that we have...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) should "focus on fighting corruption and not on strip searches of visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs)" to stop the smuggling of prohibited items like illegal drugs into prison facilities. “The stringent searches conducted on visitors and the items they...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its probe on alleged violations committed during strip searches of visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Tuesday, May 14. “Just like everybody...
A total of 195 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been released by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) from its prison facilities nationwide for 10 days ending Friday, May 10. Those freed included 138 PDLs whose maximum sentences had expired, seven who had been granted parole, five who had...
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...
Seven prison personnel of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City have been relieved of their posts to face an investigation on their conduct of strip search on female visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 8, the Bureau of Corrections...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has ordered an investigation on alleged violations committed by prison personnel at the New Bilibid Prison NBP) in Muntinlupa City in the conduct of strip search on visitors of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 8,...
A total of 107 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been transferred to the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) to further decongest the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the 107 NBP's PDLs were transferred to LRP in three buses...
The increasing number of visitors caught sneaking illegal drugs and other contrabands hidden in their private parts and underwear justifies the conduct of strip searches, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. on Tuesday, May 7. Catapang said that 30...
A total of 805 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) had been released from various prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) within one month ending April 30, 2024. In a statement, BuCor said that those released consisted of 548 PDLs whose maximum jail sentences had expired, 167 who had...
Businessman Cedric Lee, Ferdinand Guerrero, and Simeon Raz who have been convicted of serious illegal detention for ranson and sentenced to life imprisonment in the case filed by television host Ferdinand "Vhong" Navarro will not be detained at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa...
A female visitor of a person deprived of liberty (PDL) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City was arrested last Sunday, April 28, for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs that were found hidden in a tube inserted in her private part. The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) identified her...
