President Marcos has urged the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) to pursue the digitalization of its frontline and back-end services in a bid to improve legal proceedings in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) In a message delivered by Executive Secretary...
New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is hoping that the upcoming National Jail Decongestion Summit would yield fresh policies and programs meant to address overcrowding in the country’s jails and detention...
CEBU CITY – A 28-year-old woman was held after a plastic sachet containing suspected shabu fell from her bra while being inspected at the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Kalunasan here on Friday, September 22. The name of the woman was withheld pending the result of the examination of...
Some 220 students at the Manila City Jail earned their certificates and diplomas through the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS), Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Thursday, Aug. 24. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) She...
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza was temporarily released from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Quezon City Jail - Ligtas Covid Center and Quarantine Facility in Payatas on Tuesday evening, Aug. 22, after he posted P270,000 bail for the 11 counts of estafa (swindling) and libel charges...
ILOILO CITY – A 36-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling shabu at the Iloilo City District Jail on Wednesday, August 9. Police identified the suspect as Vivian Gustilo. Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) jail guards found the contraband concealed in a bag of charcoal...
Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla (Facebook) Enterprising jail guards at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City enjoy a 10 to 20 percent cut from the financial support that inmates get from their relatives outside the facility. This was bared by...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A Laguna Provincial Jail guard was gunned down by an inmate on Wednesday morning, August 2. Police identified the victim as Jonathan Buenviaje, 50. Investigation said the victim was working at Dormitory 1 when the suspect, Romnick Estadilla, 32, approached him from behind...
Provincial and sub-provincial jails would soon be under the management of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). This, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, will happen once the proposed Jail Integration Act is enacted into law. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday, June 26, named Ruel Rivera as the new chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). (From left) Jail Director Ruel Rivera and Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos (Photo...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Friday, June 23, that it is constructing additional jail facilities in coordination with local government units (LGUs) nationwide to address the bureau’s congestion rate woes. *(Courtesy of BJMP) * BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Jayrex...
The Pasay city police said the 10 recaptured fugitives who bolted the Malibay detention facility on April 3 will face four additional new charges. Col. Froilan Uy, city police chief, made the announcement during a press conference held at the 2 nd floor of Pasay City Hall with Mayor Emi...
