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Quezon City breaks ground on new city jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 03:24 PM

The facility will be built on a 2.4-hectare lot which officials estimate can house 4,400 inmates. Read more »

Son of slain Ozamiz mayor Parojinog transferred to QC Jail

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 11:41 PM

Reynaldo Parojinog Jr. has been transferred to Quezon City Jail from the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame, his family said Thursday. Read more »

PANOORIN: Riot sa Quezon City Jail

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 09:20 PM

MAYNILA - Inilabas na ng mga awtoridad ngayong Lunes ang CCTV footage ng riot ng mga preso sa Quezon City Jail. Read more »

Daan-daang mga preso, binasahan na ng hatol

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 02:27 AM

27 sa kanila, malaya nang nakauwi sa kani-kanilang mga pamilya. Read more »

The Day in Photos: 6 November 2017

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 09:04 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Searching for contraband

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 09:07 PM

Members of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology inspect jail cells inside Quezon City Jail as part of ‘Oplan Greyhound’ on Monday. The team searched for prohibited items like sharp objects and illegal drugs. Read more »

Bakit nauwi sa gulo sa Quezon City Jail ang isang balde ng tubig?

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 01:14 AM

Stress dulot ng kasikipan ng kulungan ang maaaring nagtulak sa mga preso ng Quezon City Jail na mag-away matapos matapon ang isang balde ng tubig nitong Biyernes ng madaling araw, kung saan dalawa ang patay. Read more »

Riot sa QC jail, sumiklab dahil sa natapon na tubig

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 04:22 PM

Nagkagulo sa Quezon City Jail matapos magkariot sa pagitan ng 2 gang, Biyernes ng madaling araw. Read more »

'Oplan Greyhound' in QC jail

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 03:22 AM

The Quezon City Jail authorities and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives implement “Operation Greyhound” inside the Quezon City Jail on Monday as part of the administration’s war against illegal drugs. The operation resulted in the confiscation of deadly weapons inside the jail.  Read more »

Mga kontrabando, nasamsam sa QC Jail

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 09:51 AM

Samu't-saring kontrabando ang nakumpiska ng awtoridad sa isinagawang Oplan Greyhound sa loob ng limang dormitoryo sa Quezon City Jail, Miyerkoles ng umaga.   Read more »

Jails, justice system at breaking point as Philippine drugs war intensifies

Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at Sep 01 08:43 AM

MANILA - In a teeming prison for undertrials in the Philippines' capital Manila, Rody Lacanilao, an inmate for 18 months, says he prays for clear weather at night. Read more »

AIDS awareness in QC jail

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 06:41 PM

A volunteer medical staff shows condoms for distribution to inmates at the Quezon City jail, Wednesday. The city health office is conducting a monthly AIDS awareness activity, which includes testing for inmates who volunteer for the service at the facility to help them in preventing infections from spreading. Read more »

Duterte's war on drugs turns teeming jail into haven

Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters
Posted at Nov 09 01:55 AM

MANILA - Jason Madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a Manila prison so overcrowded that inmates must sleep in halls and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men. Read more »

PH drug war sends thousands of suspects to overpacked jails

Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 02:20 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on illegal drugs has seen a surge of suspects arrested, worsening the problem on backlogs in the country's penitentiary system. Read more »

KILALANIN: 'Sister Kulet' ng Quezon City Jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:30 PM

Sa Quezon City Jail, nakita namin ang hirap na pinagdadaanan ng mga kababayan nating nasa kulungan. Read more »

QC to build new jail to address overcrowding

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 01:41 PM

MANILA – The Quezon City local government is set to construct a new jail facility after pictures showed horrendous overcrowding at the Quezon City Jail.  Read more »

Philippines urged to act on jail 'purgatory'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 04 04:50 PM

MANILA - Images of hellish conditions at an overcrowded Philippines jail triggered calls Thursday from lawmakers and rights groups for swift reforms to the penal system which is under strain from an anti-drugs crackdown. Read more »

TINGNAN: 3,800 preso siksikan sa QC Jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 09:09 AM

Siksikan na ang mga preso sa Quezon City matapos pumalo sa 3,800 ang kanilang bilang. Read more »

10 bilanggo sugatan sa riot sa QC Jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 09:36 AM

Sugatan ang sampung bilanggo matapos magsalpukan ang mga miyembro ng "Bahala Na" at "Sputnik" gangs sa Quezon City Jail nitong Lunes ng gabi.   Read more »

Oplan Greyhound, ikinasa sa Manila, QC jail

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 12:21 AM

Nabuko ang marangyang pamumuhay ng isang umano'y drug lord sa Manila City jail. Read more »