INDEPENDENCE Day indeed meant freedom for 126 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who were released Wednesday by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
INDEPENDENCE Day indeed meant freedom for 126 persons deprived of liberty who were released Wednesday by the Bureau of Corrections .This brings to 14,324 the total number of prisoners freed under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. said.
New Bilibid Prison Of the total, 31 were released due to acquittal, one for conditional pardon, 72 for expiration of maximum sentence, six were granted probation, and 16 were given parole.Catapang said the Bucor has been part of Philippine history as its San Ramon Prison in Zamboanga was established on Aug 21, 1870, by a Royal Decree promulgated in 1869 to incarcerate Muslim rebels and recalcitrant political prisoners opposed to Spanish rule.
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