Capitol to open a slot for prison psychologist

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/15/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved a resolution in their session yesterday supporting the appointment of a psychologist at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). Last July, Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III said he wanted…

Greco freed after 22 months in rehab

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/18/2015

The son of the late Cebu vice governor Gregorio Sanchez Jr.  finally gained freedom after staying in a government drug rehabilitation center for almost two years. At 4:30 p.m. yesterday, Leodegreco “Greco” Sanchez was discharged from the…

MOA to decongest CPDRC crafted

07/16/2015

The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), Integrated Bar of the Philippines -Cebu Province Chapter (IBPCPC), and the Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation (HLAF) crafted a memorandum of agreement to provide paralegal help to CPDRC inmates yesterday.…

Inmates to show off boxing skills this Saturday

Glendale G. Rosal 06/26/2015

KNOWN for their famous dancing routine, the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation  Center (CPDRC) will now look to try their boxing skills. The CPDRC formed its own boxing stable two years ago inside the…

CPDRC hires folk healer to help ailing inmates

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/22/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is back to normal two weeks after 12 inmates went berserk due to what psychologists said was mass hysteria. Marco Toral, provincial consultant for jail matters, said the 12…

Davide wants to hire psychologist for CPDRC

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/19/2015

CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III wants the Provincial Board (PB) to open an item for a resident psychologist who will to attend to the over 2,494 inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). He…

Easing prison congestion

06/15/2015

The mass hysteria that befell mostly female inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) again highlighted the fetid, dismal conditions of the provincial jail and how  overpopulation has contributed to that facility’s decay, despite…

Prison scare

06/13/2015

The dozen inmates,  whose violent fits stirred fears of “demon possession” in the Cebu provincial jail, had a scary episode of mass hysteria, according to a government psychsologist and at least one priest. While spritual warfare is…

Capitol to ask for psychologists from Sotto hospital

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/13/2015

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) will ask the Department of Behavioral Sciences of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to provide the services of a  psychologist to attend to  inmates after some of them experienced…

In-house psychiatrist needed for CPDRC inmates

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/11/2015

After the strange seizures  reported among 12 inmates of the Cebu provincial jail this week,  authorities are raising anew the need to assign a psychiatrist to attend to inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center…

Female inmates to join more religious activities

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/11/2015

Female  inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will be encouraged to join religious and physical activities to avoid a repeat of the  fits of hsyteria exhibited by 11 of them last Monday and…

Driver of CPDRC vehicle free from liability

Apple Ta-as 06/10/2015

NO CHARGES will be filed against the driver of the service vehicle of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) which figured in an accident in Sibonga town, southern Cebu last Monday morning. Read: Jail seeks…

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