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Around 10,000 inmates will be transferred from New Bilibid Prison to other facilities to ease congestion.

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Veloso writes that she hopes to care for her aging parents and reunite with her children.

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The Bureau of Corrections signed an agreement with an energy firm to explore the use of solar power in prisons.

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When asked during an interview if there is a facility for the individuals convicted of the flood control scandal during the National Jail Decongestion Summit on Wednesday, January 21, BuCor Chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said that the Sablayan penal facility in Mindoro may be used to hold them. 

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Former lawmaker Bong Revilla is to be detained in a Quezon City jail over his malversation charge.

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Isa pang batch ng 500 person deprived of liberty (PDLs) ang inilipat nitong Lunes mula sa New Bilibid Prison sa Muntinlupa City patungo sa Sablayan Prison at Penal Farm sa Occidental Mindoro.

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The House of Representatives has received a resolution urging a joint congressional investigation into what its authors describe as “systemic human rights violations” and “abusive practices” by the Bureau of Corrections.

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Nabalhog sa prisohan ang usa ka lalaki human kini niunay og dunggab sa iyang paryente diha sa Green Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Siyudad sa Sugbo kagahapon sa kadlawon.

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The governor of Basilan has offered a P1 million incentive in exchange for any information leading to the capture of five prisoners who escaped from a jail in the province with the help of two armed intruders.

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Naangol ang usa ka 53-anyos nga lalakeng giingong usa ka ex-convict human kini napusilan sa mga polis sa Abellana Police Station 2 Cebu City Police Office sa dihang gisita kini tungod sa reklamo sa mga tawo nga nagdala kini og armas diha sa Sitio Taop, Barangay Cogon Ramos, siyudad sa Sugbo, Miyerkules sa hapon, Marso 5, 2025.

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Around 10,000 inmates will be transferred from New Bilibid Prison to other facilities to ease congestion.

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The Bureau of Corrections signed an agreement with an energy firm to explore the use of solar power in prisons.

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When asked during an interview if there is a facility for the individuals convicted of the flood control scandal during the National Jail Decongestion Summit on Wednesday, January 21, BuCor Chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said that the Sablayan penal facility in Mindoro may be used to hold them. 

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Former lawmaker Bong Revilla is to be detained in a Quezon City jail over his malversation charge.

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Isa pang batch ng 500 person deprived of liberty (PDLs) ang inilipat nitong Lunes mula sa New Bilibid Prison sa Muntinlupa City patungo sa Sablayan Prison at Penal Farm sa Occidental Mindoro.

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The House of Representatives has received a resolution urging a joint congressional investigation into what its authors describe as “systemic human rights violations” and “abusive practices” by the Bureau of Corrections.

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Nabalhog sa prisohan ang usa ka lalaki human kini niunay og dunggab sa iyang paryente diha sa Green Village, Barangay Guadalupe, Siyudad sa Sugbo kagahapon sa kadlawon.

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The governor of Basilan has offered a P1 million incentive in exchange for any information leading to the capture of five prisoners who escaped from a jail in the province with the help of two armed intruders.

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Naangol ang usa ka 53-anyos nga lalakeng giingong usa ka ex-convict human kini napusilan sa mga polis sa Abellana Police Station 2 Cebu City Police Office sa dihang gisita kini tungod sa reklamo sa mga tawo nga nagdala kini og armas diha sa Sitio Taop, Barangay Cogon Ramos, siyudad sa Sugbo, Miyerkules sa hapon, Marso 5, 2025.

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