60 inmates lose visitation rights

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/06/2017

The management of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) ordered the suspension of visitation privileges of 60 inmates on Friday, a day after shabu was found from inside the detention cells that they occupy. Roberto…

Visiting privileges suspended for 60 CPDRC inmates

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/06/2017

The visiting privileges of at least 60 inmates in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) has been suspended starting today after yesterday’s greyhound yielded illegal drugs smuggled and stored in their cells. A greyhound operation…

Cebu City Jail inmates are Last Mile beneficiaries

Futch Anthony Inso 09/17/2017

INMATES of the Cebu City Jail will be the beneficiaries of the long-term health services offered by the “The Last Mile Program” of the Department of Health. Assistant Health Secretary Nestor Santiago said that the inmates could…

Troublemaking inmates

Editorial 08/28/2017

Something should clearly be done to defuse whatever tension is brewing at the Cebu City Jail amid threats of hostage-taking of visitors in the wake of the curtailment of their visitation rights. While the phone call that…

CPDRC jail guards vow to cooperate

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/11/2017

IT HAS been a week since the Cebu Provincial Police Office and Provincial Public Safety Company conducted a surprised greyhound operation in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) where 10 jail guards were accused of…

Inmate’s plight

Editorial 08/07/2017

Truth be told, in this age of Duterte where extrajudicial killings of drug suspects are rampant and fast becoming commonplace, there’s very little sympathy for escaped inmate Marvin Gimpeso. Gimpeso, who escaped the Cebu City Jail because…

Inmates have rights, says Ortega on proposed mandatory drug test

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/07/2017

Cebu Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Orvi Ortega said their office is still working their official statement on the mandatory drug testings for inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), which was recommended by the…

Two CPDRC jail guards caught sneaking P69K cash

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/07/2017

BARELY a week since 10 jail guards from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) were ordered to be relieved, another two jail guards are being investigated after they were caught attempting to smuggle P69,000 cash…

Cebu City Jail food budget “not enough”

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/04/2017

The management of the Cebu City Jail is asking for the city government’s help as their budget for inmates’ food may be delayed starting next month. Cebu City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said they were informed about…

Provincial jail open to mandatory testing of inmates

Morexette B. Erram, Rosalie Abatayo 08/03/2017

THE Provincial Jail is open to conducting mandatory drug testing on all its inmates as soon as they receive clearance from the Provincial Legal Office to do so. “We will certainly do the drug test to our…

Shabu, cell phone, Nubain found in inmate’s cell

Miguel Ermac, Nestle L. Semilla 08/03/2017

  TRACES of shabu, several capsules of the illegal drug Nubain and one cell phone were discovered inside the cell of an inmate with alleged connections to drug dealing detainees at the New Bilibid Prison. Senior Supt.…

CHR probes ‘maltreatment’ of inmates in Cebu City jail

Inna Gian Mejia, Nestle L. Semilla 08/02/2017

The Commission on Human Rights in Central Visayas (CHR-7) has launched its investigation on the alleged maltreatment of inmates at the city jail in Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City. Leo Villarino, acting chief of CHR-7 investigation division, said…

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