
BuCor releases 328 inmates
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) released on Monday 328 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from its prison facilities across the country.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) released on Monday 328 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from its prison facilities across the country.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun will start conducting next week the autopsies on the remains of eight dead New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmates.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Officer-In-Charge Gregorio Catapang Jr. said he wants all seven operating prisons and penal farms (OPPFs) in the country to have canine units.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag could be held accountable for the excavation pit at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
Lawyer Rocky Balisong, the legal counsel of suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag, has picked up at the Department of Justice (DOJ) the subpoena issued to his client.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said it is up to suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag to surrender or not.
The 2020 joint venture agreement forged by suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag with a private company for the transfer of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to Nueva Ecija did not have the approval of then Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra.
Suspended Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag admitted that he ordered the digging of a 30-meter deep hole inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) compound, saying that it was for the construction of a swimming pool where rescuers can train.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Officer-in-Charge Gregorio Catapang Jr. said around 500 cellphones surrendered by inmates will be subjected to forensic examination.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Officer-in-Charge Gregorio Catapang Jr. said BuCor personnel will be made to wear bodycams.