Warden: Tighter security, more jail guards at CPDRC

Morexette B. Erram 08/02/2017

  AS SEPARATE investigations are underway to find out how the contraband, including illegal drugs, confiscated during last Tuesday Greyhound operation got in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), the jail warden is also pushing…

ILLEGAL GAMBLING, DRUGS IN CPDRC

Chris Ligan, Morexette B. Erram 08/01/2017

Suertres tally sheets among those seized during Operation Greyhound A jail facility known for its dancing inmates has become a haven of not just illegal drugs but also illegal gambling. Police found more than 20 tally sheets…

P200K shabu, weapons found inside provincial jail

Chris Ligan, Morexette B. Erram 08/01/2017

PACKS of shabu worth P236,000, improvised weapons and drug paraphernalia were uncovered in yet another greyhound operation inside the Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Center (CPDRC) at 1:40 pm Tuesday. Supt. Mario Baquiran, chief of the Provincial…

CPDRC cells construction on hold

Rosalie Abatayo 07/31/2017

THE close to 3,000 inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) will have to crowd on their existing cells a little longer. Acting jail warden Roberto Legaspi said the construction of 19 additional cells…

Some CPDRC casual employees lose jobs

Cristelita E. Boco 07/15/2017

  SOME casual employees assigned at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) may find themselves jobless in the coming months. According to Bonifer Nacorla, human resource head of the Cebu provincial government, many of them…

DRUG TRADE IN CPDRC?

Ador Vincent Mayol, Morexette Erram 06/22/2017

Police uncover  from an ex-cop-turned-prisoner records that cash from  P40,000 to P70,000  is sent daily to a cash remittance outlet Do illegal drug operations thrive inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)? Investigators are looking…

Contraband seized, no drugs found in jail raid

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Morexette Erram 06/22/2017

ASSORTED drug paraphernalia, cell phones and other contraband were seized by police in an Operation Greyhound at the Cebu Provincial Jail at past 8 a.m. Thursday in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. Acting Provincial Jail Warden Roberto Legaspi…

CPDRC not a drug source — Legaspi

Morexette Erram 06/21/2017

AMID reports that the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has served as a hub for drug suppliers, acting jail warden Roberto Legaspi, on Wednesday, assured that there are no drugs originating from the jail, much…

Magpale orders CPDRC search

Morexette Erram 06/20/2017

  ACTING Cebu Governor Agnes Magpale has ordered a thorough search for improvised weapons and other contraband items at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) after a middle-aged inmate ran amuck last Saturday night stabbing…

Names of assailant, victims inside CPDRC disclosed

Morexette Erram 06/20/2017

  The names of the assailant and the inmates who were attacked inside the Cebu  Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) last Saturday evening were disclosed to local media Tuesday morning. The 55-year-old suspect identified as Vicente…

‘Enlightening’ inquiry

Editorial 05/30/2017

What did the congressional inquiry into the strip search conducted on inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) achieve or hope to achieve provided it is an ongoing investigation? Not much, except giving former…

No stopping jail strip search

Nestle L. Semilla 05/23/2017

A congressional inquiry will not scare drug enforcers into halting the strip searches in jails. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) will continue to implement the strip search during Greyhound operations in jail facilities…

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