The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Tuesday submitted a particular report back to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the problems hounding the National Bilibid Prison (NBP).
According to Saleema Refran’s report on “24 Oras,” BuCor Director-General Gregorio Catapang Jr. mentioned the current violence between gang members, and the decapitated physique present in a septic tank contained in the penitentiary had been linked and had been brought on by cash and energy struggles amongst inmates.
“Milyon ang pinag-aagawan. Isipin mo 30,000 sila. P2,000 pwede sila padalhan ng mga kamag-anak, daily. O sabihin mo na lang, P500. Sa 30 days, malaking pera na rin yan. Milyon na rin,” he mentioned.
(We’re speaking about tens of millions. Think about it, there are 30,000 detainees within the NBP, and they’re allowed to obtain P2,000. If their family present them with simply P500 day by day, that may nonetheless be round tens of millions in 30 days.)
But other than cash, Catapang mentioned there have been additionally influential detainees within the jail.
“May mga leaders dyan na, nakikita na hindi maganda ang pagpapalakad nito… Itong matataas na nasa gilid, na influence maker. ‘O, babasbasan kita. Ikaw ang uupo doon. Ikaw naman, basbasan kita. Ikaw uupo dito,’” he added.
The BuCor chief didn’t give additional particulars, however he mentioned all the knowledge on the problems contained in the NBP had been detailed of their particular report.
“Ginagawa namin lahat nang paraan. ‘Yung mga manggugulo, nilalayo na namin. Nililipat namin sa ibang lugar,” he added.
(We’re doing every thing to resolve this. We transferred those that had been stirring hassle.)
Over the weekend, the BuCor transferred a number of inmates from the NBP to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro. Catapang declined to verify if included within the batch had been the detainees he talked about.
Meanwhile, 4 of the ten inmates who had been moved to Sablayan testified in opposition to former Senator Leila de Lima. Some of their family trooped to the DOJ on Monday to ask about their situation after they had been transferred to Occidental Mindoro with out informing their households.
“Hindi po namin alam kung buhay po sila or patay na po. Wala po silang maibigay na kahit na papel para ipakita sa amin kung bakit inilipat, sabi confidential daw po,” one of many inmates’ family mentioned.
(We don’t know in the event that they’re alive or not. The DOJ didn’t give us any paper to indicate us why they need to be transferred. They had been saying the rationale was confidential.)
DOJ Spokesperson Mico Clavano mentioned he assured the households of the inmates’ security.
“I assured them na hindi naman po mandato ng BuCor at ng DOJ na saktan yung mga… that’s way, way beyond kung ano talaga ginagawa namin,” he mentioned.
(I assured them that hurting the detainees will not be a part of the BuCor and the DOJ’s mandate.) — Sundy Locus/DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
