The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said more isolation facilities were being built in different parts of the country where infected detainees could stay amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Apart from the isolation facility in Quezon City, Solda said another one was readied in San Fernando, Pampanga and another in Quezon.
Apart from these facilities, Solda said psychologists were talking to the detainees or"persons deprived of liberty" as well as personnel helping them cope with the crisis. City Public Information Officer Tez Navarro said the local government was not given a heads up on the transfer.
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