PJ wants inmates database to aid decongestion of jails, transfer provincial jails to BJMP

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/28/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu third district Representative and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to establish a centralized system for the monitoring of inmates nationwide in aid of decongesting penitentiaries…

Suspension of visiting privileges at CPDRC to continue

Rosalie Abatayo 09/10/2018

The suspension of the visiting privilege at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has not been lifted. This despite the findings of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) that the tablets confiscated…

Greco taken to clinic after slashing wrist with razor

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/01/2017

Depression or Manipulation? Leodegreco “Greco” Sanchez, who is detained at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) allegedly tried to take his life by slashing his wrist with a shaving blade. It was not immediately known…

Inmate confined after trying to kill self

Morexette B. Erram 11/01/2017

Jail guards of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) stopped an inmate from committing suicide last Tuesday evening. CPDRC officials confirmed the incident but declined to identify the inmate. “We won’t disclose the name of…

Jail raid yields P44K drugs, drug deals worth P2 million

Morexette B. Erram 10/25/2017

A RAID at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Thursday morning yielded contraband worth nearly P100,000 Thursday morning. Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-7) and the Cebu Provincial Police Office conducted the second Greyhound operation…

CPDRC greyhound yields drugs, gadgets, cash

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Benjie B. Talisic, Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/05/2017

    Another raid on the provincial jail yielded illegal drugs, prescription medicine, money believed to be from the illegal numbers game, drug paraphernalia, electric gadgets and improvised weapons. A majority of the 3,000 male inmates were…

Guard under probe for bringing fighting cocks in jail

Visayas State University Intern Cristelita E. Boco 07/13/2017

A jail guard assigned at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is under investigation by the Capitol’s committee on discipline and investigation for bringing fighting cocks inside the facility last Monday. Acting Provincial Warden Robert…

Masses at CPDRC, visits to continue

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/12/2017

THERE won’t be any Holy Week programs to be held this week at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) except for Masses on Black Saturday and Easter Sunday. Acting CPDRC warden Roberto Legaspi said visitation…

PB approves P4.5M budget to build 19 new cells in CPDRC

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/04/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will soon provide breathing spaces for its prisoners with the construction of 19 additional cells and the renovation of its infirmary after the Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a…

Jail management launches raid after tip-off; drugs, cash and other contraband seized

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/03/2017

CEBU CITY—Cash, mobile phones, bladed weapons and six grams of shabu were seized during a “mini”operation greyhound conducted on the provincial jail at 5:30 PM Sunday after jail officials received a tip about an inmate who managed to…

Provincial jail employees, guards face raps

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/14/2017

Three formal complaints were filed on Monday before the Committee of Discipline and Investigation (CODI) against several personnel, employees, and prison guards of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). According to CODI head and provincial…

Inmates shipped out to Bilibid

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/14/2017

ABOUT 15 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) including its former leader left the facility for transfer to the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa City yesterday. Acting Provincial Warden Roberto “Bobby” Legaspi confirmed that…

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