200 NBP inmates moved to Occidental Mindoro penal farm

The New Bilibid Prison inmates were transferred to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro as part of the decongestion program of the Bureau of Correstions. (Photo from the Facebook account of the Bureau of Corrections)

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 200 inmates from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa were transferred to Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro on Monday in a bid to decongest the prison, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said in a statement on Wednesday.

The 200 inmates from the medium-security went through a rapid antigen testing and frisking to check for contraband before being transported in a BuCor bus.

“The aim of this move is to implement that decongestion program of the Bureau of Corrections,” the statement said.

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