Almost 1,000 individuals disadvantaged of liberty (PDLs) from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have been transferred to penal farms, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) stated Tuesday.
BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. stated they transferred 997 PDLs to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Palawan and the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro.
“Sa Iwahig, 497. Sa Sablayan, 500. This includes all the drug lords na mga Chinese drug lords,” he stated in a briefing on the Department of Justice.
(From Iwahig, 497. From Sablayan, 500.)
He hoped there can be no extra PDLs on the NBP by 2028.
Kubols
Meanwhile, Catapang stated the BuCor dismantled 2,812 makeshift rooms or “kubols” on the NBP.
“So ang ginawa natin is tinaggal natin lahat ‘yung mga dingding para kita sila. And then, hopefully, malagyan na rin natin ng CCTV para sa ganon nakikita natin kung anong ginagawa nila, even if they are inside their cubicles,” Catapang said.
(So, what we did was remove all the walls so we can see them. And then, hopefully, we can place security cameras so we can see what they are doing.)
He said that with the removal, the PDLs are now being monitored and unable to conduct illegal activities.
“This will help a lot sa… improve the safety and security of the PDLs,” he said.
Catapang in August ordered PDLs to dismantle their kubols in all prison facilities in the country as part of the agency’s crackdown on contraband inside jail cells.
Trading submit
Catapang, in the meantime, stated BuCor would additionally be part of the Department of Agriculture in placing up a Kadiwa heart or buying and selling submit on the NBP, which they may name the “Pambansang Bentahan.”
“Kasi ang gagawin namin… maglalagay kami ng office na training area for those retailer na gusto nilang bumili ng mas murang wholesale price. Parang trading post, no,” he stated.
(What we’re going to do… we are going to place a coaching space and workplace for these retailers who want to purchase produce at a less expensive wholesale worth, like a buying and selling submit.)
“And at the same time, ‘yung 300 hectares ng BuCor which will be made available by 2028 for commercial purposes,” he added.
The Director General beforehand stated he was trying to flip the BuCor headquarters in Muntinlupa right into a “Global City.” — DVM, GMA Integrated News
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