BuCor eyeing hi-tech agri program, inmates as farm workers

Tetch Torres-Tupas 02/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is eyeing to help the country in its food production security through the use of modern farm tools and the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as farm workers. BuCor acting Director General…

Pan de Selda: Inmates bake bread for Oprra High School students

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 02/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In line with the Valentine’s Day celebration, inmates from the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory baked bread and gave these to 175 Grade 12 students of Oprra National High School. These bread, that…

Cebu City Jail Male Dorm to hold dry run for resumption of face-to-face visitation

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 11/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With less than a month left before Christmas Day, officials of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory have scheduled a dry run to test their preparedness for the resumption of face-to-face visitations. The…

JCSupt Neil Avisado is new director of BJMP-7

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Jail Chief Superintendent Neil Avisado is the newly installed director of the Central Visayas office of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP-7). He assumed the post last November 3, according to…

179 Cebu City Jail male PDLs graduate from ALS

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A total of 179 male inmates from the Cebu City Jail completed their Alternative Learning System courses on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Like their graduation song, Liwanag sa Dilim, the inmates believe that…

Cebu City Jail Warden looks into possible connivance between personnel and PDLs in entry of contrabands

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 08/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The new jail warden of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory said they are not discounting the possibility that there is connivance between some of his personnel and the inmates in the entry…

Inmates helping run drug business from inside city jail should be addressed – CCPO exec

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña and Jewil Anne Tabiolo 03/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City policemen are trying to find ways to cut the link between inmates inside the Cebu City Jail and those drug personalities outside the jail, who are running their illegal drug…

Cebu City Jail eyes ‘no contact visitation’ facility

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/16/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The jail warden of the Cebu City Jail Male Dormitory said that they look to establish a ‘no contact visitation’ facility after 99 percent of their inmates are already fully vaccinated. Jail Superintendent…

Lapu gov’t donates P20K for city jail’s mountainbike tilt

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/19/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City government has turned over P20,000 cash to the Lapu-Lapu City Jail-Male Dorm (LCJMD) as the city’s support to the LCJMD for its 1st Warden’s Cup Mountain Bike Mini Trail Challenge.…

Cebuano sportsman helps inmates with rehab program 

Glendale Rosal 03/12/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebuano sportsman Voltaire Montebon believes sports can help change people’s lives.  It is because of this belief that the 44-year-old Ironman 70.3 finisher and football player started a charitable drive to help some former booters…

CCPO, BJMP to tackle reports of middlemen-inmates of drug traders in the city

09/25/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The chief of the Cebu City Police Office will discuss measures with jail officials to address allegations of inmates still “running” the illegal drug trade inside their jail cells or being the contacts…

25 Talisay City inmates recover from COVID-19

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/16/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Talisay City Jail inmates, who had coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have recovered. The Talisay City Public Information Office (PIO) said that 25 out of 27 of these inmates have recovered. This is…

We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.