The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has no GCash or digital payment account for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa...
A total of 152 uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) have been promoted to further boost their good service and as inspiration to other employees. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said that those promoted included nine chief inspectors and 143 senior...
A female visitor was arrested in her attempt to smuggle into the New Bilibid Prison (NBI) in Muntinlupa City suspected illegal drugs that were stashed inside her private part, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Wednesday, March 26. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr....
Project KILO, a multibillion-peso national project aimed at addressing decades-long critical issues in the Philippine prison system, and seven other projects were added in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center’s project pipeline, which now totals ₱2.6 trillion. Documents shared by the PPP...
A total of 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City had been transferred to the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm (SRPPF) in Zamboanga City. In a statement on Monday, March 17, the BuCor said the transfer "was part of the continued decongestion plan of...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has taken measures to address the effects of the high heat index on persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). In a statement on Tuesday, March 4, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has instructed concerned officials of the agency “to ensure a...
Seventy-six members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF) have been deployed at the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) in Occidental Mindoro to beef up security, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Monday, March 3. “The integration of these highly trained...
A total of 182 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released on Friday, Feb. 28, from the prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Of those released, 144 were from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City; seven from the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in...
All facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide have been alerted on the rising number of dengue cases in the country. In a directive, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. instructed all health service chiefs in prison facilities to report dengue cases within 24 hours...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- About 80 percent of crimes committed in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were committed by perpetrators under the influence of illegal drugs. This was disclosed by Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P....
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The Bureau of Corections (BuCor) is set to construct an airport and a seaport within the 27,000-hectare reservation of the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in this city. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. told journalists the setting up of an...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- Corrections officials of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed support to the Philippines' proposal for a region-wide transfer of sentenced persons (TSP) agreement. The ASEAN-wide TSP would bring back sentenced persons to...
