The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has lauded the tuition-free college education offered by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Open University (PUPOU) to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Manila City Jail. In an agreement forged last July between the Manila City Jail and...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged the government to increase the daily food and medicine allowances of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to ensure humane living conditions for them. It expressed its full support to the proposal of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology'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...
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...
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG KI The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has pressed for the passage into law of various bills in Congress that seek to establish a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) that would address the conditions of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in detention facilities nationwide....
By MARIE TONETTE MARTICIO TACLOBAN CITY – A former Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) was killed in Ormoc City, Leyte on Friday, July 12. Police identified the victim as Rosendo Gomez, 52, a resident of Barangay Naungan, Ormoc. A FORMER Person Deprived of Liberty was killed in Ormoc City,...
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...
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"....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced on Tuesday, Jan. 17, the appointment of Supt. Xavier Solda as the new jail warden of the Zamboanga City Jail Male Dormitory. BJMP Director Allan Iral said Solda will now supervise the biggest jail facility in Western Mindanao which houses...
CEBU CITY – Fifty-four Persons Deprived of Liberty at the Talisay City Jail in Cebu province were released for the New Year on Friday, Dec. 30. AN inmate hugs a relative after he was released from the Talisay City Jail on Friday, Dec. 30. (Calvin D. Cordova) They were reunited with their families...
BAGUIO CITY – Seventy-one Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have completed their rehabilitation and wellness under the Katatagan, Kalusugan, at Damayan ng Komunidad (KKDK) program of the Baguio City Jail-Male Dorm this year. Seventeen of the 43 completers of the Bureau of Jail Management and...
