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(Eagle News) — The Senate has approved the creation of separate prison facilities for convicts of heinous crimes who were sentenced to life imprisonment, Senate President Tito Sotto said. According to Sotto, Senate Bill No. 1055 that aims to establish three “prison farms” on the islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, was approved on third and final reading on Monday, Dec. 16. Based on the approved measure co-authored by Sotto and Senators Richard Gordon and […]
(Eagle News)–Over 500 convicts released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have so far surrendered to authorities, the Philippine National Police said. The PNP said the 579 convicts were as of 6 a.m. today, Sept. 19, the day the deadline for surrender imposed by President Rodrigo Duterte was set to lapse. Of the 579, the PNP said 162 were murder convicts, 160 were convicted of rape, 60 of homicide, 56 of robbery with homicide, […]
(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel probing the problems in the Bureau of Corrections has recommended the establishment of a separate jail facility for convicts of heinous crimes. The Senate committees on justice and human rights, public order and dangerous drugs and finance made the recommendation through Senate Bill No. 1055, which was based on the bills separately filed by Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Richard Gordon and Juan Miguel Zubiri. Sotto’s Senate Bill No. […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año have given the joint Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel another 60 days to complete its work. In joint department order number 2, Guevarra and Año said the additional 60 days were for the panel to complete its review of the Uniform Policy and Guidelines on the computation of credits and allowances under Republic Act No. 10592 or the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday, Sept. 4, called for the establishment of “Alcatraz-like prisons” for high-risk prisoners. Zubiri made the pitch for “heinous crime penitentiaries” under his Senate Bill No. 1004, as the Senate blue ribbon and justice committees probed the release of convicts of heinous crimes under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. There are now proposals to amend the law for it to explicitly exclude convicts of heinous crimes, following outrage […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Aug. 30, said convicts of heinous crimes who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, or Republic Act 10592, should be sent back to jail. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the law, which increases the GCTA given to inmates, is clear it does not apply to convicts of heinous crimes. Panelo said recidivists, escapees and habitual delinquents could also not benefit from the law, […]
