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Bato: Restrict civilian access around Bilibid perimeter

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 11:16 AM

MANILA - Cutting off public access around the perimeter of New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) would help stop the proliferation of contraband inside prison facilities, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Too 'dead' for prison? US court not persuaded

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 03:02 AM

An inmate serving life for murder in the US state of Iowa offered a novel legal appeal, saying he should be released because he "died" four years ago.   Read more »

Thousands of illegal items seized from Bilibid inmates in 30 days

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 11:17 PM

The Bureau of Corrections chief led the destruction of thousands of illegal items seized from inmates at the state penitentiary.  Read more »

Libo-libong kontrabando nasamsam sa Bilibid, winasak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 07:32 PM

Winasak ng Bureau of Corrections ang libo-libong kontrabando na nasabat sa loob ng New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

BuCor destroys thousands of Bilibid contraband

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 04:01 PM

Included in the seized items were cellphones, charger, keyboards, pocket wifi, internet routers, and electric sub-meters. Read more »

NCRPO chief says cops 'not equipped to deal with prisoners'

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 10:49 AM

Metro Manila's newly-installed police chief on Tuesday said he does not want policemen manning the national penitentiary. Read more »

Bilibid visitation rights resume after illegal structures cleared

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:27 AM

Relatives of inmates at the state penitentiary were finally allowed to visit their kin Wednesday after prison officials suspended this privilege for more than two weeks. Read more »

Bilibid shanties a 'haven' for contraband: PNP exec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 09:49 AM

Metro Manila's former police chief defended Thursday the demolition of illegal structures inside the New Bilibid Prison, which some groups have decried after inmates were supposedly left without sleeping quarters. Read more »

'Kubols' out, fence in at Bilibid's maximum security compound

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 05:15 PM

Authorities unveiled Monday changes at the New Bilibid Prison's maximum security compound, including a fence around the prison hospital and the demolition of cottages or "kubols" allegedly used by high-profile inmates.  Read more »

The day I was judge at a prison ‘Master Chef’

JJ Yulo
Updated as of Oct 28 12:33 PM

The author played judge for a day at a cooking contest held in two jails, and in the process, learned not to judge those who are forced to stay inside Read more »

‘What is going to happen to us?’ Inside ISIS prison, children ask their fate

Ben Hubbard, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 27 10:16 AM

Upstairs, jammed into two cells with little sunlight, are more than 150 children — ages roughly 9 to 14 — from a range of countries. Their parents brought them to Syria and ended up dead or detained. The children have been here for months and have no idea where their relatives are or what the future holds. Read more »

200 Metro Manila cops recalled from Bilibid after contraband smuggling mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 11:55 AM

The Metro Manila police on Thursday withdrew 200 officers from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa after 16 of them were accused of smuggling contraband items into the national penitentiary.    Read more »

Prison volunteers question intensified crackdown in Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 12:58 PM

Inmates' relatives are also concerned about neglected health and alleged human rights violations as stricter rules are enforced at the state penitentiary. Read more »

Contraband-smuggling Bilibid cops risk dismissal: Napolcom

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 11:31 AM

Fifteen policemen who allegedly smuggled contraband items into the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa could be expelled from government service, the National Police Commission said Tuesday.    Read more »

No clean water, no beds: 8 Bilibid inmates dead due to dehydration - group

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 10:15 AM

Since Oct. 9, the BuCor has suspended visitation privileges of inmates, cut off the delivery of clean water, and destroyed prisoners' sleeping quarters, according to Dolores Pangilinan, wife of an inmate and head of Samahan ng mga Pamilya na Nasa Death Row. Read more »

15 pulis na nahulihan ng kontrabando sa Bilibid iniimbestigahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 21 04:33 PM

Pinaiimbestigahan ngayon ang 15 pulis na nahulihan ng samu't saring kontrabando sa New Bilibid Prison nitong Biyernes.  Read more »

Kubol sa Bilibid pinasabugan ng IED sa gitna ng clearing ops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 07:39 PM

Ayon sa Bureau of Corrections, dating umokupa sa pinagsabugan ng IED ang mga miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group, Maute-Isis, Rajah Solaiman Group, Jemaah Islamiyah, at Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Read more »

Blast hits Bilibid's maximum security compound

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 05:51 PM

Authorities were demolishing "kubols" or villas when the blast occurred at around 10 a.m., said Metro Manila police chief Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:12 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Mga preso, bahagyang nagkagulo kasunod ng isinagawang demolisyon sa Bilibid

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 10:10 PM

Walang nasugatan sa gulo pero nagkaroon ng pangha-harass sa mga nurse na nasa hospital kaya napilitan ang mga bantay na magpakawala ng warning shot. Read more »