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Pabuya para sa pagkakaaresto ng 2 pugante, isinusulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 07:44 PM

Kapwa nahatulan ang dalawa ng reclusion perpetua o hanggang 40-taong pagkakakulong. Read more »

House bill wants separate jail facility for high-level offenders

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 03:46 PM

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on final reading a bill that seeks to establish a separate facility for high-level offenders. Read more »

Paggiba sa 'barrier wall' ng BuCor, giniit ng mga apektadong residente

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 16 09:19 PM

MAYNILA - Muling nanawagan ang mga residente ng Southville 3 housing project sa Poblacion, Muntinlupa na gibain ang tinaguriang “barrier wall” ng Bureau of Corrections sa NBP Insular Road na palabas ng lugar. 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 »

'Konting sakripisyo': BuCor dinepensahan ang itinayong pader sa daanan ng Bilibid

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 09:20 PM

Sa pinadalang pahayag sa ABS-CBN News, sinabi ng tagapagsalita ng BuCor na si Gabriel Chaclag na hindi nila hinaharang ang kalsada kundi sinasara na ito alinsunod sa kanilang plano para rito.   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 »

PNP to conduct post-riot clearing operations in Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 03:12 PM

Members of the Philippine National Police K-9 team wait for the go-signal to conduct clearing operations at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa City on Monday, hours after a riot broke out in the national penitentiary. Read more »

Empleyado sa Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, nagpositibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 11:02 AM

MAYNILA - Kinumpirma ng Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm sa Puerto Princesa nitong Miyerkoles na may isa silang empleyado na nagpositibo sa COVID-19.  Read more »

PSPs, pocket wifi, smart watches: BuCor eyes sanctions over smuggled contraband

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:22 AM

The Bureau of Corrections is set to impose disciplinary action against inmates for smuggling various items in the state penitentiary including laptops, cellular phones, smart watches and pocket wifi units over a 5-year period.  Read more »

Senate probe sa pagkamatay ng high-profile inmates 'alang-alang sa transparency' - Hontiveros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 12:54 PM

MAYNILA – Dapat na maimbestigahan ng Senado ang umano’y pagkamatay ng high-profile drug lords sanhi umano ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa loob ng New Bilibid Prisons para matanggal ang anumang haka-haka tungkol dito, ayon kay Senador Risa Hontiveros. Read more »

Body-switching in Bilibid? NBP hospital says different unit assigned to identify COVID dead

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 01:04 PM

MANILA – A different Bureau of Corrections unit, and not the New Bilibid Prison Hospital, is assigned to identify inmates who allegedly died due to the novel coronavirus, the NBP Hospital director said Wednesday.  Read more »

Pagpapalaya sa mga nakapiit na matatanda, maysakit hinimok

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 06:37 PM

Dumadami ang mga kumpirmadong kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa mga kulungan. Read more »

Coronavirus-stricken inmates in PH now at 161

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 05:17 PM

In a statement, DOJ spokesman Undersecretary Markk Perete said confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country's prisons soared to this from the 117 recorded by the Bureau of Corrections' (BuCor) last May 15. Read more »

COVID-19 cases in prisons now at 117 - DOJ

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 03:58 PM

MANILA - The number of prisoners who contracted the coronavirus in Bureau of Corrections prisons has soared to 117, Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete disclosed Friday.   Read more »

Coronavirus sweeping through massive US prison population

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 01:05 PM

WASHINGTON - A massive wave of coronavirus infections is blasting through the world's largest prison population in the United States even as officials begin opening up their economies, saying the disease has plateaued. Read more »

Pagbawas sa halaga ng piyansa para sa mga presong mahihirap pinayagan ng SC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 02 08:27 PM

Pinayagan ng Korte Suprema na bawasan ang halaga ng piyansa ng mga mahirap na nakakulong nang wala pang pinal na sentensiya. 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 »

'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 »

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 »