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CHR urges gov't to include detainees, prisoners in COVID-19 vaccination program

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 05:14 PM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) urged government Wednesday to "equally consider" persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as "priority population" in its inoculation program given their vulnerability to the virus inside Philippines notoriously congested jails. Read more »

Judges, prosecutors, public attorneys priority for vaccination, but inmates out

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 07:49 PM

In the mad scramble to be included on the list of priority population eligible for vaccination, judges, prosecutors and public attorneys have separately sought approvals from the National Task Force COVID-19, but one group most at risk of contracting the virus is out of the list.  Read more »

Bong Revilla’s jailed former chief of staff dies from stroke, BuCor says

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 12:11 AM

Cambe was convicted of plunder in 2018 for amassing P224.5 million worth of Revilla’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).  Read more »

BuCor facility in Zamboanga under 1-month lockdown amid COVID spike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 10:30 AM

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm is implementing a one month lockdown in a move to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more »

More than 1,800 prisoners escape after attack on Nigeria jail

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 03:01 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria - More than 1,800 inmates have escaped after heavily armed men attacked a prison in southern Nigeria using explosives, prison authorities said Monday, in one of the country's largest jailbreaks. Read more »

Relatives of political prisoners urge BuCor to reconsider allowing ‘essential’ food deliveries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 09:47 PM

MANILA — A support group for political prisoners on Thursday called on the Bureau of Corrections to allow the delivery of food and other essential goods for prisoners. Read more »

Presong tumakas sa Biliran Provincial Jail nahuli na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 08:28 PM

Nahuli na ng mga awtoridad sa bayan ng Naval sa Biliran ang isang presong nakatakas sa Biliran Provincial Jail matapos ang isinagawang hot pursuit operation.  Read more »

Sen. Drilon wants 10-year imprisonment for red-tagging

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 07:21 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has filed a measure that seeks a 10-year imprisonment for any state agent who would be convicted of “red-tagging.” Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 22, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 11:40 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

The new wall of Muntinlupa

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 22 08:39 PM

A man walks over a makeshift barrier near a concrete wall built in the middle of a road near the New Bilibid Prison for security and safety concerns amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Muntinlupa City. Read more »

Muntinlupa questions BuCor for fencing Insular Prison Road

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 10:01 PM

Residents cross a concrete wall in the middle of Insular Prison Road between Southville 3 and the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa City on Sunday. Read more »

Haiti prison breakout leaves 25 dead as 400 escape: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 09:36 AM

More than 400 prisoners were on the run in Haiti on Friday a day after they escaped from jail in a violent breakout that left 25 people dead, including the prison director, officials said.   Read more »

South Korea rolls out mass testing for 70,000 prisoners and staff

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 12:55 PM

South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases, the health minister said on Wednesday. Read more »

DOJ rests 2 of its illegal drugs cases vs De Lima; senator's camp to file demurrer to evidence

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 08:50 PM

The camp of detained Senator Leila De Lima will formally ask a Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) to junk two of the three illegal drugs cases against her, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday rested its presentation of witnesses and other evidence. Read more »

Hong Kong’s prisons mull shearing locks of female inmates in name of equality

Christy Leung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 01:23 PM

The haircuts for female prisoners are one option being weighed after a five-judge panel ruled ‘social norms’ is not a valid reason for cutting activists’ hair. A prison insider warns of ‘possible riots’, and a wave of judicial reviews could follow rules changes. Read more »

Eight shot dead in Sri Lanka prison coronavirus riot

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 09:23 PM

Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded at least 71 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said Monday. Read more »

Mga preso sa Bilibid nag-donate ng mga damit para sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 03:56 PM

Nagkaisa ang mga person deprived of liberty sa New Bilibid Prison na ipunin ang kanilang mga lumang damit para i-donate sa mga naapektuhan ng Bagyong Ulysses sa Cagayan Valley region.   Read more »

Coronavirus infections surge in Italian jails, guards' union says

Angelo Amante, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 03:08 AM

On Nov. 8, 1,265 guards and prisoners tested positive for the new coronavirus, almost four times the 344 who tested positive 13 days earlier, union data showed. Read more »

BuCor blames prison riot on clash between rival gangs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 11:58 AM

A fresh wave of fatal riots in the state penitentiary, which left at least 13 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) dead and scores wounded, appears to be a result of a clash between warring gangs, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Wednesday. Read more »

Explosion, gunshots heard during Bilibid riot: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 11:42 AM

An explosion and gunshots were heard at the national penitentiary during the riot that killed 4 prisoners last Monday, Secretary Justice Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday. Read more »