The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is looking into acquiring signal jammers for its prisons to prevent inmates from using their mobile phones, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday, Jan. 1.
DOJ Usec. Emmeline Aglipay-Villar said the BuCor is eye the purchase jammers for its six prison farms and colonies but no longer intends to put up more at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
“BuCor has already jammers for NBP and plans to acquire signal jammers to cover all its prison compounds particularly in the Regions–Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Davao Del Norte, Zamboanga and CIW-Mandaluyong,” the DOJ spokesperson said.
Published December 30, 2020, 2:52 PM
A total of 598 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) and personnel of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) have been infected with COVID-19.
Citing a report from BuCor, Department of Justice (DoJ) Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar said that as of last Dec. 15, a total of 441 persons had recovered and 27 of them had died, while 130 others are still active cases.
But Villar said “the active cases are all mild and asymptomatic.”
She added that most of the COVID-19 cases were detected at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City.