Cebu City jail requests gov’t to provide pollution control officers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/01/2018

The Cebu City Jail has requested the city government to provide around 2 pollution control officers in the penitentiary. In a two-page formal letter addressed to Councilor Dave Tumulak, jail warden Supt. Renante Rubio, also asked assistance…

Cops looking at jail inmate link of P7M shabu haul

Benjie B. Talisic 08/28/2018

Police are looking into the link of an unidentified Cebu City Jail inmate to the estimated P7 million suspected shabu haul in two anti-illegal drugs operations in Cebu City in a span of eight hours from Monday…

Jail officials identify supplier of P6.5M drugs found in Sambag 2

Nestle L. Semilla 08/23/2018

No drugs were confiscated from inmates of the Cebu City Jail during a surprise inspection early on Thursday morning. Personnel from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central…

Gov to sign contract for security equipment in provincial jail

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/11/2018

The Provincial Board (PB) approved the resolution authorizing Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III to sign a contract to acquire security equipment worth P1.6 million for Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Center (CPDRC). In the resolution, Davide will…

JAIL CONTRABAND

MAO BA? 08/06/2018

The greyhound operation in the male dormitory of the city jail that yielded contraband yesterday drew mixed reactions online. Alan Schmidt wrote, “’I worked in prison and jail for 10 years we never had problems like this.…

No drugs, only paraphernalia found in Mandaue City Jail greyhound op

Norman V. Mendoza 08/06/2018

  The officers of Mandaue City Jail and Opao Police Station conducted a greyhound operation in the female dormitory of the city jail at past 5 a.m. on Monday (August 6). While they did not find any…

Aussie in jail for injuring girl

Benjie B. Talisic 08/04/2018

An Australian tourist who reportedly had too much to drink landed in jail for allegedly injuring a teen girl at Mango Avenue, Cebu City at past 5 a.m on Saturday, August 4. PO2 Reagan Metante of the…

BOTCHED JAIL DELIVERY

MAO BA? 07/25/2018

The arrest of a former call center agent caught trying to smuggle 20 ampules of Nubain to an inmate in the Cebu City Jail last Tuesday afternoon drew rants from netizens. A netizen named April Summer Snow…

Jail inmates in Bangladesh get pillows after 230 years

Inquirer.net, The Daily Star 07/19/2018

DHAKA — After 230 years of using blankets as a substitute for pillows, inmates are going to get cotton-pillows to sleep on for the first time in the history of jails in Bangladesh. Since 1788, when a…

Man in jail accused of molesting stepdaughter

Benjie B. Talisic 07/04/2018

A MAN landed in jail after being accused by his stepdaughter of raping her six times since she was seven years old. SPO1 Reglyn Pepito of the Liloan police’s women and children desk, said the victim sought…

Drug war worsened jail overcrowding in 2017, says COA

Inquirer.net 07/04/2018

Overcrowding in the country’s jails — housing suspects who have not even been convicted yet — got worse last year, as the Duterte administration waged its war on illegal drugs. The Commission on Audit (COA) said the…

Shabu, drug paraphernalia found in Mandaue jail inspection

Nestle Semilla and Fe Marie Dumaboc 06/21/2018

THE guards at the Mandaue City Jail are facing another investigation. This time, they had to explain why illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia and appliances were found inside the cells during a greyhound operation. The surprise inspection was…

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