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Hundreds of inmates in the Cebu City Jail are suffering from ailments ranging from sore eyes and respiratory tract infection to even human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since last month. “They are asking for support. I’ve talked with…
Dressed in a white toga and cap, inmate Larry Biazon smiled and held his chin up as he walked down the quadrangle of the provincial jail yesterday. The 42-year-old Biazon was part of the first batch of…
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…
WERE they possessed or just depressed? Eight female inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) became hysterical inside their cells yesterday. READ: Two Female inmates go berserk inside jail Six more female inmates go…
Six more female inmates were reported to have “gone berserk” inside their cells at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center at 5 p.m. today. This brings to eight the number of female inmates that exhibited “violent…
Except for a few exceptions, one doesn’t expect Metro Cebu jails or any jail in the world to be anything but dismal. Jails aren’t built to provide free board and lodging for first-time offenders or hardened criminals.…
PART 3 Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said the judiciary is not deaf or blind to the clamor of prisoners for the speedy disposition of their cases. “We could not stand the inhuman conditions of our detention…
In cramped jail cells, disease can easily spread. Coughing and other respiratory illnesses like rhinitis, sinusitis, running noses and sore throats are prevalent in jails in Central Visayas, according to a report of the PNP Bureau…
Orders, anyone? The one-of-a kind bakery run by inmates in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) can now take orders 24/7 for bread, pastries and cakes. As early as 6 a.m. neighbors in barangay Kalunasan…
Learning never ends, even outside the classroom. For five University of Cebu (UC) third-year law students, the best way to spend summer while awaiting internship is to practice the skills they learned in school by offering free…
About 12 inmates in Lapu-Lapu City Jail were placed in an isolation cell after testing positive for tuberculosis recently. Lapu-Lapu City Jail Warden Renante Rubio said seven of 10 inmates tested positive for the disease during the…
About 12 inmates of the Lapu-Lapu City Jail are under medication after they tested positive for tuberculosis. Jail officials had the inmates examined at the facility’s clinic which confirmed that they are suffering from the disease. Warden…
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