Overcrowded CPRDC starts to accept inmates

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/07/2017

Considering that municipal jails are also getting overcrowded, Gov. Hilario Davide III said that they have started to accept inmates inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) starting in January of this year, provided that…

Skills program for inmates of Cebu City Jail launched

Nestle L. Semilla 03/07/2017

AT LEAST 90 inmates of the Cebu City Jail together with their beneficiaries will avail of the skills development program offered by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7). The 91 inmates witnessed…

Naked prisoners in Cebu jail cause uproar

Inquirer.net, Nestle L. Semilla 03/02/2017

Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of further rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs. The inmates of the Cebu Provincial…

New CPDRC acting warden suspends jail visits

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/02/2017

Newly-installed officer-in-charge of the Cebu Provincial Detension and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) Roberto “Bobby” Legaspi said that “dalaw” inside the facility is temporarily suspended until the Provincial Public Security Company (PPSC) team, which he requested, will be deployed…

Davide orders relief of CPDRC acting warden Macato

Izobelle T. Pulgo 03/01/2017

Following the recent Greyhound Operation inside the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), which netted numerous contraband items, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III has ordered acting jail warden Dr. Gil Macato relieved of his post. Speaking…

JAIL RAID YIELDS DRUGS, PHONES

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Izobelle T. Pulgo 02/28/2017

Inmates were sound asleep when shouts and banging at the iron gates woke them up at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Clad in full battle gear, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) raided…

3 Cebu City Jail guards relieved

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/28/2017

THREE jail guards of the Cebu City Jail had been relieved after they were found to have allowed inmates to use mobile phones inside the jail. The jail guards, whose names were withheld from the media, are…

Fewer jail inspections sans police assistance

Nestle L. Semilla 02/20/2017

WITH the police being sidelined in the war against illegal drugs, the Cebu City Jail said it may only be able to conduct one major surprise greyhound operation in a year. Supt. Jessie Calumpang, Cebu City Jail…

CCPO: Detention cells getting congested

Nestle L. Semilla 02/18/2017

With their intensified campaign against criminality, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) claimed that the detention cells of the different police stations in the city are now getting congested. This was because of the police operations that…

NUBAIN IN BUNS

Nestle L. Semilla, Rene Alima 02/12/2017

Woman tries to sneak inside the Cebu City Jail 19 Nubain ampules stuffed inside breads Two women, both named Mary Ann, were supposed to be visiting loved ones inside the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunasan on…

Warden eyes signal jammers for Mandaue jail

Dominic D. Yasay 02/11/2017

THE Mandaue City Jail has proposed to install signal-jamming devices within the facility in its effort to prevent the inmates from engaging in illegal drug activities inside the jail. Mandaue City Jail warden Supt. Renante Rubio has…

Dad seeks to prohibit use of communication devices in city jail

Intern 02/10/2017

COUNCILOR Dave Tumulak is proposing an ordinance that will prohibit the use of cell phones, unmanned aerial vehicles like drones and other communication devices among the inmates at the Cebu City Jail. Tumulak said the jail personnel…

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