CEBU CITY, Philippines —Shortly after sunrise on Sunday, people started to line up outside of the male dormitory of the Cebu City Jail in Barangay Kalunsan, eager to finally spend Christmas Day
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic broke in 2020, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology again opened the jail facility to visitors on Christmas Day.
Jail Officer Blanche Bation of the jail’s Community Relations Service Office said they expect the number of jail visitors to reach at least 700 before they end the Christmas Day visit at 5 p.m. today. As of this posting, Bation said they have not encountered any problems from the implementation of their “Dalaw sa Pasko” program.Bation said jail officials have also noticed a massive drop in the number of contrabands that are being kept by PDLs.
Bation said that they have been very strict, especially in their inspection of food containers and others items that are brought inside the facility.
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