A bill seeking to strengthen the detection and control capabilities of all contrabands, such as illegal drugs, in prisons and detention facilities through modern technologies has been filed in the House of Representatives.
Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, filed House Bill No. 6126, or the “Anti-Proliferation of Contraband in Prison Act of 2022,” on Monday, Nov. 14.
“As such, this bill aims to put an end to these shenanigans by mandating all prison and detention facilities to implement an extensive contraband interdiction procedures through the employment of modern detection devices, units and technologies in order to cut the flow of prohibited objects or items inside the penal institutions,” he stated in the bill’s explanatory note.
“The situation that we have right now in our correctional institution runs counter to very foundations of our criminal justice system that mandates punishment, reformation and/or rehabilitation of offenders for their crimes,” he said. The bill states that all prison and detention facilities shall set up “interdiction measures necessary to combat the proliferation of contraband through the employment of modern technology, devices or units.”
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