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Lacson: 3 more foreign drug convicts freed from prison

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 01:20 AM

MANILA—Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday claimed that 3 more drug convicts were freed from jail for good behavior. Read more »

Palace wants freed heinous crime convicts back in prison

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 12:17 AM

Send them back -- that's the directive of Malacañang following reports that nearly 2,000 heinous crime convicts have already been released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law.  Read more »

‘Questionable’: PDEA dismayed with release of 4 Chinese drug convicts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 09:28 PM

PDEA director-general Aaron Aquino, who wondered why this agency was not consulted over the release, characterized the development as "very questionable." Read more »

'Ilang inmates na napalaya dahil sa GCTA dapat maibalik sa bilangguan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 08:50 PM

Sabi ng Palasyo, target nilang maibalik sa kulungan ang ilang kriminal na may matitinding kaso na napalaya dahil sa GCTA.  Read more »

Heinous crime convicts ineligible for 'good conduct' release: solon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 09:20 AM

Heinous crime convicts should not have been granted early release from prison under a 2013 law that expanded good conduct credits, its proponent said Friday. Read more »

Immigration confirms 4 Chinese drug convicts freed, set for deportation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 07:03 PM

MANILA - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed Thursday that 4 Chinese drug convicts were released from the national penitentiary, and are now under BI custody for deportation. Read more »

Senate to begin probe on controversial early release of inmates on Sept. 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:39 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will probe next week the controversial early release of inmates for good conduct, particularly the case of convicted rapist-killer former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez. Committee chair Sen. Richard Gordon says convicts who committed heinous crimes should not be eligible for early release.  Read more »

BuCor data show nearly 2,000 heinous crime convicts released early since 2014

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 07:38 PM

A total of 1,914 prisoners convicted of heinous crime have been granted early release since 2014 following the amendment of the good conduct time allowance law (GCTA), data from the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) showed.  Read more »

Lacson says 4 Chinese drug convicts freed on good conduct

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 03:40 PM

The senator identified the released Chinese nationals as Chan Chit Yue, Kin San Ho, Ching Che, and Wu Hing Sum. The 4 were detained at the New Bilibid Prisons' Maximum Security Compound. Read more »

‘It’s like we lost our children again’: Chiong sisters' parents on rape-slay convicts' possible early release

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 01:08 PM

The parents of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong on Thursday cried injustice after learning that 3 of the 7 convicts in the rape-slay of their children may benefit from a law that allows early release of prisoners over good conduct.    Read more »

Panelo, Demetriou nagsagutan sa isyu ng paglaya ni Sanchez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 09:09 PM

Nagpapaniwala sa tsismis si retired judge Harriet Demetriou, bintang ni Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo.  Read more »

Lacson: Is BuCor now involved in 'tara' system?

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 03:16 PM

MANILA - Has the “tara system” migrated to the Bureau of Corrections from the Bureau of Customs? Read more »

Drilon warns of proposal to amend GCTA law

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 06:56 PM

Minority Sen. Franklin Drilon on Tuesday warned against amending a law that increased the “good conduct time allowance” for convicts, saying this might be exploited by rapist-killer Antonio Sanchez to walk free earlier than what his prison sentence dictates. Read more »

The case of a law that sparked fear of a convicted rapist-killer's release

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 01:00 AM

A law allowing prisoners in the Philippines a chance for early release sparked fears that rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez may walk free after only a quarter of a decade in prison. But is he really eligible to benefit from it? Read more »

More jail congestion feared with review of ‘good conduct’ law

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 09:30 AM

MANILA—A U.S.-based professor, who was once wrongfully jailed here, cautioned Monday against suspending good conduct rewards for inmates in response to the public outcry over the possible release of convicted rapist and killer Antonio Sanchez. Read more »

Senators back justice dep't on suspending GCTA processing

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 05:03 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and Sens. Panfilo Lacson and Franklin Drilon on Monday said they agree with the DOJ's move to suspend the processing of applications for shorter prisoner terms of convicts.  Read more »

OPINION: A criminologist's view on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Aug 26 12:25 PM

Raymund Narag, assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, posted an illuminating piece on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Facebook.    Read more »

Amendments to good conduct time allowance law eyed

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 02:05 PM

MANILA - Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday said he will file a bill to seek amendments to a law which reduces a convict’s prison term due to good behavior. Read more »

Good conduct law in peril?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 11:52 AM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, Ilinois-based criminology professor Raymund Narag insists there's nothing wrong with the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law, which grants early release to inmates who have exhibited good behavior. Narag, who helped push for the law and helped the Philippine government with its proper implementation, insists that the law already has clear guidelines on who benefits from early release. Read more »

Amid uproar, DOJ mulls suspension of convicts’ early release applications

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 05:34 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the halt would be temporary, and that convicts applying for the grant would just have to "wait a little."  Read more »