Manila frees 234 inmates in bid to decongest its prison system - BusinessWorld Online

THE PHILIPPINES’ Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Thursday released 234 inmates from seven prisons who had served their sentences.

“Today, you are no longer persons deprived of liberty, but you are free,” national prison officer-in-charge Gregorio Pio P. Catapang told inmates in Filipino during ceremonies streamed live on Facebook. “Every day I see a change in the inmates, and I intend to continue reforming BuCor.”

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla told the same event he seeks to release 5,000 inmates by June. The DoJ was studying the possible “supervised release” of inmates who are 65 years and older, he said, adding that crimes committed under the age group have decreased.Mr. Remulla earlier said the national penitentiary, which was designed to house 6,000 prisoners, had 17,000 inmates.

The DoJ plans to build a P2.5-billion “world-class” maximum security facility in the town of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro, the Justice chief said in August.

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