Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has allowed murder convict Rolito Go to temporarily leave the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa for specified periods to undergo chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer.
A lawmaker on Friday suggested that retired police or military officials should no longer be allowed to head the Bureau of Corrections following the recent disappearance of high-profile prisoner Rolito Go from a detention facility.
An official of the New Bilibid Prison on Friday said the level of security of convicted murderer Rolito Go will be increased from minimum to medium or maximum following his alleged kidnapping.
Convicted road rage killer Rolito Go has been engaged in various business activities, ranging from moneylending to mining, while staying inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City.
Convicted murderer Rolito Go is back in the stockade, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief has gone on leave and five jail guards have been sacked as President Benigno Aquino ordered a probe into how a high-profile inmate disappeared from prison for at least 24 hours.
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has begun consultations with Nueva Ecija officials for the development of a site in Fort Magsaysay to house the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Metro Manila.
Whistle-blower Kabungsuan Makilala asked for state protection during a meeting on Friday with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, showing her documents supposedly proving his claim that corruption and other irregularities were continuing at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).
Jail guards had their hands full on Wednesday night.
Former military comptroller Carlos Garcia may have to get used to wearing brown prison shirt and sharing his cell with several other convicted criminals for the next two years. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Sunday said the former Army major general would likely serve his entire two-year jail term at the New Bilibid Prison [...]
After enjoying a brief taste of freedom, ex-military comptroller Carlos Garcia is back behind bars to serve a two-year sentence.
No more motel-like kubol (cubicles) inside the maximum security compound at the national penitentiary. According to New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Superintendent Ramon Reyes, they have already “refurbished” the cubicles that used to be occupied by wealthy inmates, including Chinese drug lords. “That system has already been corrected. No more motel-like rooms; no more toilets for [...]
A Makati court has ordered that former Batangas governor Jose Antonio Leviste, a homicide convict, undergo a preliminary investigation before his arraignment, which was originally scheduled Friday afternoon.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) rejected the proposal from Congress to privatize the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), saying it will not help in reforming and rehabilitating the national penitentiary.
