CPDRC workers: Asst. jail warden threatened us with gun

Morexette B. Erram 08/15/2017

NEARLY two months after he assumed the post, the assistant jail warden of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) may be investigated for allegedly threatening some of the jail employees and jail guards with a…

13 drug peddlers, users nabbed in Danao

Agnes B. Alpuerto 08/15/2017

TWELVE newly identified drug personalities and one street level drug pusher were arrested in separate anti-drug operations on Tuesday, August 15. Marylou Arcilla, Ronelo Muana, Edem Manulat, Jr., Erwin Galeos, who are listed as drug peddlers in…

Jail warden willing to have financial aid undergo audit

Inna Gian Mejia, USJ-R Intern Rosalie O. Abatayo 08/14/2017

CEBU City Jail Warden Arnel Peralta said that should the city extend assistance, they are willing to have the financial aid audited by the city government. In a phone interview, Peralta said they will continue to ask…

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…

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…

10 CPDRC guards fired

Morexette Marie B. Erram 08/04/2017

Cebu governor Hilario Davide III has approved the recommendation from the administration of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) to fire 10 jail guards for failing to prevent contraband from getting inside the facility which…

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…

Female visitors caught with P413K shabu inside Mandaue jail

Rene Alima 08/03/2017

Two female visitors were caught allegedly trying to smuggle in shabu worth P413,000 inside the Mandaue City Jail Thursday afternoon. Jail guards seized 10 grams of shabu sealed in a condom from 46-year-old Agapita Morre of Poblacion,…

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…

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…

CHR, Tumulak probe inmate mauling, jail riot

Marc Eric Cosep, Nestle L. Semilla 08/02/2017

  Investigators of the Regional Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7) and Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak visited the Cebu City Jail Wednesday morning to investigate the alleged mauling of an inmate and last Tuesday evening’s noise barrage.…

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