Around 500 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from the New Bilibid Prison were transferred to the Davao Prison and Penal Farm over the weekend, according to the Bureau of Corrections.
Around 500 persons deprived of liberty from the New Bilibid Prison were transferred to the Davao Prison and Penal Farm over the weekend, according to the Bureau of Corrections .The agency said this is part of its program to decongest the national penitentiary.Among those transferred, 250 were from the maximum security compound, 50 from the medium security compound, and 200 were from the Reception and Diagnostic Center .
The RDC is a unit where PDLs undergo diagnostic examination and observation to determine the program of treatment and training that they need, as well as which institution they should be transferred to.BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. said the new PDLS stayed at the RDC for only 60 days before they are transferred out of Manila.
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