OTTAWA — Three civil rights organizations joined forces Monday to voice their concern over the ongoing use of indefinite solitary confinement for prison inmates — a...
MANILA — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) will not allow prisoners to inflict bodily harm on themselves as an act of penance this Holy...
MANILA— Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday ordered the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to closely monitor the condition of inmates hospitalized at the New Bilibid...
MANILA— Six hundred out of 900 inmates at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City were brought to the NBP hospital for treatment due to diarrhea...
MANILA –Some 44 inmates of Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Palawan have been granted pardon as part of the government’s effort to declog the...
MANILA –The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-CPPC) is ready to provide assistance to the 27 inmates that were freed on...
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II confirmed on Monday that President Rodrigo Duterte had pardoned 27 elderly and frail prisoners. In a dzMM radio interview, Aguirre said...
MANILA –The Technical Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) will provide skills training to some 100 inmates in municipal and city jails nationwide. TESDA Director General Secretary...
MONTREAL –Federal prisoners who want to increase the amount they receive in inmate pay are hopeful a court will find in their favour and force the...
MANILA, Philippines—Up to eight inmates fought at the Philippine national penitentiary Wednesday, leaving a high-profile Chinese drug lord dead and four other inmates injured, officials said....