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Remulla made the statement during a panel discussion on “Justice and Prison Reforms: Fixing the Process” as a side event of the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland last Tuesday, Feb. 28.
“There are a lot challenges in our mission to reform our jail and prison system in the Philippines, and our unique situation drives us to find new ways and outside-the-box solutions to hurdle them,” Remulla said.“Instead, they inspire us to do more, much more, for the benefit of our children and the future Filipinos,” he said.
“As an immediate fix, we have institutionalized the periodic review of prison records of all PDLs. For this purpose, we have begun the process of digitizing the single prisoner record system by Remulla said he also tapped the Public Attorney’s Office to review the status of persons they represent for the purpose of early release and this resulted in the release of 51,796 detention prisoners.
“It is a paradigm shift that that will mean the filing of cases where there is a certainty of conviction and punishment of those charged in court,” he noted.
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