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Senator Bong Go has enjoined the Department of Justice (DOJ) to do its sworn duty to maintain the country’s correctional facilities and ensure that inmates are given fair treatment. In his statement which was read during a recent Senate hearing, Go stressed that all inmates must be treated equally in jail, and that the patronage […]
The minority bloc of the House of Representatives is calling for a thorough review of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Act law following the congressional hearings on the contentious law conducted in both chambers of Congress. In a press conference, House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. stressed the need for a review of the […]
Senator Dick Gordon said prison records should be digitized so that there would be prompt and accurate information of the time served by an inmate following the earlier announcement by Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) Chief Nicanor Faeldon that 1,000 inmates may be mass released in all penal colonies in the country with the implementation of […]