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DA-DOJ PROJECT HELPS IWAHIG INMATES

“Paglabas ko po dito, magagamit ko ang mga natutunan ko sa pagtatanim para makapamuhay ako nang maayos.” Forty-year old “Kamote” relates the benefits of the DAxDOJ Reformation Initiative for Sustainable Environment for Food Security Project or DAxDOJ RISE to Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) like himself, during the harvest festival of the 4.5-hectare (ha) demonstration farm […]

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SEPARATE ‘CRIME LORDS’ AT NBP, SAYS PADILLA

Better cells and living conditions, and separating the hardcore “crime lords” from the “general population” of the New Bilibid Prison. These are among the urgent reforms that authorities must implement to prevent a repeat of attempts by Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) to escape or engage in illegal activities, Senator Robin Padilla said. “Una, diyan […]

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BILL FOR INMATE SKILLS TRAINING GETS HOUSE OK

The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education chaired by Baguio Representative Mark Go approved the consolidation of four bills that would institutionalize skills training and provide job opportunities to inmates in detention facilities. These are House Bills (HBs) 4761, 5020, 5661 and 7493, authored respectively by Manila 1st District Representative Ernesto Dionisio Jr., Parañaque City […]

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NBP SHOULD CORRECT, NOT TORTURE INMATES – PADILLA

Correction and not torture should be the rule at the New Bilibid Prison because all Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have human rights. Senator Robin Padilla stressed this on Tuesday at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights held at the New Bilibid Prison, regarding the mass grave found at a […]

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DOJ ALLOWS INMATES TO FARM IN IDLE BUCOR LANDS

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed full support to the collaborative project of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to utilize vast idle lands of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for agricultural development and reformation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). “This initiative attests to our unyielding commitment to both food […]

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SOLONS: EXCLUDE HEINOUS-CRIME CONVICTS FROM GCTA

Representatives Paolo Duterte (1st District, Davao City) and Eric Yap (Lone District, Benguet) have sought the passage of a measure that would categorically exclude persons convicted of heinous crimes from availing themselves of the benefits of the law that cuts prison time for inmates with good behavior. Duterte and Yap said the enactment of their proposed […]

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QUEZON CITY JAIL INMATES GET BASIC EDUCATION

Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD) can now continue their basic education through the first senior high school program to be offered by the Schools Division Office. The Quezon City government signed a memorandum of understanding with the QCJMD, SDO, and the Fernando C. Amorsolo Senior High School. […]

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PRC VACCINATES 1,000 LAGUNA INMATES VS COVID-19

Senator Dick Gordon has extended assistance to 1,000 inmates, also known as persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), at the Laguna provincial jail by administering COVID-19 vaccines that would protect them against the coronavirus. Gordon, who heads the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, has mobilized the volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) he […]

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300 MABALACAT INMATES GET COVID VAX JABS — GARBO

A total of 300 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Angeles City District Jail who are residents of Mabalacat were inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Mabalacat City COVID-19 Response Integrated System (CRIS) conducted an on-site visit in the facility upon the instruction of Mayor Crisostomo Garbo to heed the call of the […]

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INMATES SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE – ESCUDERO

Sorsogon Governor Francis Escudero urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to ensure that inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) would be able to exercise their rights to vote in the May 2022 local and national elections. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Escudero said the rights of these PDLs should be upheld […]