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Published May 6, 2021, 12:00 PM Bureau of Corrections The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has beefed up its armory in the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City with firearms obtained from the Philippine National Police (PNP). In a statement, BuCor said that through a one-year agreement with the PNP, the bureau “was loaned 50 M16A1 rifles and 50 shotguns.” It said the additional firearms will be “a huge help in increasing BuCor Officers’ capability to secure the New Bilibid Prison especially the Maximum Security Compound.” It paid tribute to the “teamwork and cooperation�...

Published April 2, 2021, 12:29 PM The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has mobilized anew its personnel in the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City and in all its prison farms nationwide to guard against the entry and use of cellular telephones and similar gadgets by persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Bureau of Corrections (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) BuCor Deputy Director Gabriel P. Chaclag said on Friday, April 2, the directive to personnel is a standard operating procedure since telephones and mobile gadgets are prohibited inside detention cells and inmates are not allowed to use...

Bureau of Corrections (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Last March 12, BuCor destroyed 1,424 pieces of improvised bladed weapons; 1,786 improvised pointed weapons; 167 wooden batons; six slings; 28 improvised arrows; 129 cellular phones; and 18 wi-fi routers. In a statement, BuCor said the destroyed items were seized from prisoners from October 2020 to February 2021. “Conforming to its twin mandate of effective safekeeping and rehabilitation of persons deprived of liberty, the Bureau of Corrections is continuously regulating search and confiscation of contrabands inside the Maximum Security Comp...

Bureau of Corrections (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “As of today, 14,437 PDLs have participated in the removal of gang tattoos and NBP (New Bilibid Prison) Maximum Security Compound is already a gang-free prison facility,” the BuCor said in a statement on Thursday. The BuCor said the removal of gang tattoos of inmates continues under its Oplan Tatak Bura. “The BuCor administration, under the supervision of Usec. Gerald Q. Bantag, actively supports and assists incarcerated persons yearning to be reintegrated into society after serving their sentences,” the Bucor said. “The removal of...