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BuCor officer gunned down in Muntinlupa

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 03:50 PM

A Bureau of Corrections officer was gunned down in front of Poblacion Market, just a few meters away from the National Bilibid Prison compound on Wednesday morning. Read more »

'Naggagaling-galingan': Faeldon admits to P1-B transfer request, denies realignment

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 10:46 AM

MANILA - Former Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon denied accusations that he tried to realign the P1 billion funds intended for the improvement of correctional facilities to Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro. Read more »

Sacked prisons chief Faeldon tried to realign P1 billion in funds to home province- Angara

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:50 PM

Some P1 billion allocated for the improvement of at least 4 regional correctional facilities were undisbursed after former Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon tried to realign the funds to his home province, Senate Finance Committee chair Sonny Angara said Wednesday. Read more »

Bilibid hospital chief: 1 inmate dies every day, jail mortality rate in 'critical condition'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 11:49 PM

One inmate at the New Bilibid Prison dies every day, according to the facility’s new hospital head, describing the situation as “critical” when compared to global standards. Read more »

46 prison returnees walk out of Iwahig due to GCTA review delay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 08:04 AM

Forty-six people who returned to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm due to questions on their early release for good conduct stormed out of the facility in Puerto Princesa, Palawan last week due to impatience with the pace of a review of their freedom, the Bureau of Corrections said Wednesday.    Read more »

BuCor destroys thousands of Bilibid contraband

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 04:01 PM

Included in the seized items were cellphones, charger, keyboards, pocket wifi, internet routers, and electric sub-meters. Read more »

NCRPO chief says cops 'not equipped to deal with prisoners'

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 10:49 AM

Metro Manila's newly-installed police chief on Tuesday said he does not want policemen manning the national penitentiary. Read more »

PNP ready to assist BuCor's crackdown vs corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 02:32 PM

The Philippine National Police says it is ready to provide support to the new Bureau of Corrections chief's efforts to curb corruption at the state penitentiary. PNP Directorial Staff chief Guillermo Eleazar says they are willing to provide additional staff to help supervise efforts at the Bureau of Corrections. In this interview. Eleazar also talks about the anti-drug campaign and the controversy surrounding "ninja cops." Read more »

Bilibid shanties a 'haven' for contraband: PNP exec

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 09:49 AM

Metro Manila's former police chief defended Thursday the demolition of illegal structures inside the New Bilibid Prison, which some groups have decried after inmates were supposedly left without sleeping quarters. Read more »

No clean water, no beds: 8 Bilibid inmates dead due to dehydration - group

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 10:15 AM

Since Oct. 9, the BuCor has suspended visitation privileges of inmates, cut off the delivery of clean water, and destroyed prisoners' sleeping quarters, according to Dolores Pangilinan, wife of an inmate and head of Samahan ng mga Pamilya na Nasa Death Row. Read more »

Justice department to 'closely monitor' BuCor reforms

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 11:43 AM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Sunday said he has ordered the agency's oversight committee to "closely monitor" the reforms under new Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gerald Bantag. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 12:12 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

No more villas

Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP
Posted at Oct 09 06:26 PM

A bulldozer demolishes illegal structures set up and used by inmates inside the New Bilibid Prison in Manila on Wednesday. Read more »

Metro Manila police lends 500 cops to Bilibid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 10:12 AM

The Metro Manila police said Tuesday it deployed 500 personnel to keep watch over inmates at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa, an alleged control center of illegal drug transactions across the country. Read more »

Senator proposes privatization of prisons

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 09:40 AM

A senator on Tuesday proposed for government to tap the private sector in the construction and management of jail facilities for prisoners convicted of lesser crimes in a bid to decongest prisons in the country. Read more »

Over 500 cops assigned to Bilibid to boost anti-drug campaign

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 07:18 PM

The Philippine National Police has assigned over 500 policemen to the New Bilibid Prison in a bid to boost the government's anti-drug campaign. Read more »

Bilibid doctor who gave out hospital passes should lose license: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 01:35 PM

The national penitentiary doctor who allegedly gave hospital passes to convicts must be stripped of his medical license, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Thursday. Read more »

More surrendered convicts under Duterte ultimatum to be freed: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 10:33 AM

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday said it would release more convicts who surrendered under President Rodrigo Duterte's ultimatum. Read more »

DOJ: ‘GCTA’ convicts who surrendered but had been paroled will be freed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 08:38 PM

Fifty-two convicts who surrendered to authorities to comply with President Duterte's ultimatum will be freed again, a justice official said Friday. Read more »

DOJ: BuCor set to release some surrendered convicts

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 03:30 PM

Among those who will be released were those granted executive clemency, pardon and parole. Read more »