Congestion in CPDRC: Management stops accepting inmates

The outbreak of measles at the heavily congested Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has affected at least 40 inmates as health officials scramble to control its spread. /CDN file photo

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has already stopped accepting inmates due to the congestion of the facility.

CPDRC Warden Reynaldo Valmoria said judges of Regional Trial Courts in Cebu already approved their move.

The provincial jail has a population of about 4,000.

The detention facility has a capacity of 1, 500 inmates.

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