The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has granted the request of Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon to allow access of students and residents of a government housing project to roads inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation.
Last Nov. 11, Biazon sent a letter to BuCor Officer-in-Charge Gregorio Pio
Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said a full investigation on the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) incident is now under way and assured that those found responsible for it will be penalized.
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Published April 13, 2021, 5:01 PM
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has found no indications of foul play in the deaths of high-profile inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City since the start of the pandemic, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Tuesday, April 13.
The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa (Jonathan Hicap / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Guevarra cited the NBI reports, including that on the death last March 27 at the NBP of convicted rapist and murderer former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio L. Sanchez.
“The NBI has not found any evidence so far that any foul play was involved in the deaths of certain high-profile PDLs (persons deprived of liberty), including former mayor Sanchez of Calauan,” Guevarra said.
The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa
(Jonathan Hicap / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a letter sent to Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gerald Bantag on Saturday, Dec. 19, Kapatid raised “concerns about restrictions on ‘
paabot’ or delivery of basic food items as well as essential toiletries.”
Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim noted the Medium Security Compound at the NBP still does not accept food or essentials.
“As we have pointed out, it is already the Christmas season and since families are still unable to visit because of the continuing prison lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBP/BuCor should allow entry of food items and essential utilities like toiletries and rubber slippers,” she said.
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