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195 prisoners, 38 BJMP employees test positive for COVID-19 — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 06:08 PM

Almost 200 inmates and over 30 jail employees have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Venezuela prison riot death toll rises to 47

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 12:37 PM

The death toll from a prison riot in western Venezuela has risen to at least 47, with 75 wounded, an opposition politician and prisoners' rights group said Saturday. Read more »

‘Targeted testing’ for COVID-19 to be done in select jails — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 05:56 PM

MANILA - The Department of Health on Thursday announced that it will be running COVID-19 tests on prisoners to prevent the further spread of the disease. Read more »

DOH issues guidelines amid coronavirus infections in prisons, jails

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 10:45 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) has released guidelines to stem COVID-19 infections in prisons and jails in the country, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Philippines speeding up parole, probation as COVID-19 hits detention facilities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 10:18 AM

The justice department is "expediting" the processing of parole and probation for convicts to decongest prisons, after COVID-19 struck some detention facilities, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said Wednesday. Read more »

SC petitioners refute OSG: COVID-19 cases in jails show inability to prevent virus spread

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 09:58 PM

Citing the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in jails, political prisoners who urged the Supreme Court for their temporary release refuted the claim of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) that the Philippine government is doing enough to prevent the spread of the virus.   Read more »

SolGen opposes release of prisoners amid COVID-19 threat, says Reds exploiting crisis

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 25 04:19 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has opposed the plea of inmates seeking temporary release from jail amid the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, accusing them of being members of communist groups and of taking advantage of the issue. Read more »

'Like planting a time bomb': Transfer of prisoners with COVID-19 to Bilibid denounced

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 04:12 PM

MANILA - Relatives of inmates at the New Bilibid Prison denounced the transfer of 18 inmates from the Correctional Institution for Women who tested positive for COVID-19 to the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City.   Read more »

Bilibid reports first COVID-19 case

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 03:12 PM

The national penitentiary on Thursday reported its first case of COVID-19, the Bureau of Corrections said.   Read more »

BJMP 'agrees on all efforts to decongest' jails: spox

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 09:00 AM

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said Sunday it agrees on "all efforts to decongest" the country's jails as 9 inmates and 9 of its staff contracted COVID-19. Read more »

Supreme Court gives respondents time to comment on petition seeking release of prisoners

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 06:21 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday gave respondents time to comment to a petition seeking the release of political prisoners, the sick and the elderly, as news broke out that 9 inmates at a Quezon City jail had already tested positive for the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Read more »

Supreme Court urged to study release of prisoners due to COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 03:01 PM

MANILA – A group of human rights lawyers has asked the Supreme Court to convene an inter-agency coordinating body to look into requests for the release of qualified prisoners amid the threat of the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in jails. Read more »

FLAG to SC: Convene justice sector council to study release of prisoners amid COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 02:19 PM

MANILA – A group of Philippine human rights lawyers has asked the Supreme Court to convene an inter-agency coordinating body to look into requests for the mass release of prisoners amid the threat of the spread of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in jails.   Read more »

Turkish parliament passes bill to free thousands from prison in face of COVID-19 threat

Ali Kucukgocmen, Reuters
Posted at Apr 14 06:14 PM

Turkey's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees from the coronavirus, but which critics slam for excluding those jailed on terrorism charges. Read more »

Seeking compassion, detainees ask SC for temporary release amid COVID-19 threat

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 10:01 PM

MANILA – Twenty-two inmates from different jails in Metro Manila urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to order their temporary release amid the threat of coronavirus disease or COVID-19 spreading in crowded jails. Read more »

‘Prison emergency’ pushed to prevent COVID-19 spread in ‘horribly crowded’ PH jails

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 01:21 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should declare a “prison emergency” and free sick, elderly, and other low-risk inmates to prevent a possible outbreak of the new coronavirus in the Philippines’ notoriously crowded jails, an advocacy group said Tuesday. Read more »

Coronavirus: California to release 3,500 non-violent prison inmates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 12:35 PM

The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about 3,500 non-violent inmates early to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 illness, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Too close? Singapore's new virus-fighting rules could lead to prison

Reuters
Posted at Mar 27 10:08 AM

Anyone caught breaking Singapore's social distancing rules can land themselves in prison from Friday after the city-state made it an offence for a person to intentionally stand close to another person as part of its coronavirus defence. Read more »

Philippines eyes 'independent' manufacturing system to beat coronavirus: regulator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 11:19 AM

The Philippine government is helping local companies and scientists set up an "independent" manufacturing system that will produce globally scant gear needed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, a regulatory agency said Friday. Read more »

Too many passes: Truckers delivering food only need IDs - PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 09:40 AM

Truck drivers who are delivering food supplies only need IDs to get past checkpoints that enforce a Luzon-wide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic, the Philippine National Police said Friday. Read more »