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Swedish prisoners take guards hostage, demand pizza as ransom

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 07:52 AM

STOCKHOLM - Two Swedish prison guards were held hostage for nine hours on Wednesday by two inmates demanding pizza as ransom, and were released when the food was delivered, a spokeswoman for the penitentiary told AFP. Read more »

Mga kontrabando nasamsam sa inspeksiyon sa ilang kulungan sa Maynila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 08:26 PM

Samu't saring kontrabando ang nakumpiska sa surprise inspection ng Manila Police District sa ilang kulungan.  Read more »

Muntinlupa LGU nais ireklamo ang pader na itinayo ng BuCor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 04:17 PM

Hindi isinasantabi ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Muntinlupa ang posibleng pagdulog sa korte para ireklamo ang itinayong pader ng pamunuan ng New Bilibid Prison sa lungsod. Read more »

China rejects torture allegations by Australian academic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 08:40 PM

China on Tuesday denied an Australian academic's claims that he had been tortured in custody during his two-year detention on espionage charges. Read more »

Australian writer says 'tortured' in Chinese prison

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 06:35 PM

An Australian academic on trial in China for espionage has told supporters he has been tortured in detention and still does not know which country he is accused of spying for. Read more »

Sale of PAGCOR, Bilibid land to fund COVID-19 response backed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 10:37 AM

Senator Franklin Drilon on Thursday backed a proposal for government to sell some of its properties to help raise money for the COVID-19 response. Read more »

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 »