BuCor eyes cutting NBP communication lines in NBP
By Nidz Godino
“Lahat ng correction institutions sa buong mundo, bawal talaga ang telepono…sa Pilipinas lang nakalulusot yan eh…kaya ngayon, meron kaming wino-work out na plano ni General Catapang tungkol dito at you will see it within the next 30 days…meron kaming pinaplanong i-implement dito para nga sa communication sa loob,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla Remulla said in an interview with reporters said Bureau of Corrections is considering cutting all communication lines inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in the next 30 days.
Remulla said Bureau of Corrections is considering cutting all communication lines inside NBP in the next 30 days.
He mentioned latest seizure of computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, and telephones inside national penitentiary.
“Everybody knows that the drug trade…is there in Bilibid kaya we’re doing something about it,” Remulla said.
Remulla said also that when they were investigating the killing of broadcast journalist Percy Lapid, they found out that communications were being done through Facebook Messenger.
The BuCor has been in spotlight over controversies cited in testimonies that prisoner from New Bilibid Prison (NBP) allegedly ordered killing of Lapid.
Recently, BuCor presented assorted contraband seized inside facility, including knives, guns, cellphones, drugs, and around 7,500 cans of beer.
During the plenary debates on DOJ’s budget for 2023, BuCor committed to introduce significant reforms within agency in four months.Remulla is discussing possible reevaluation of BuCor personnel with agency’s current officer-in-charge, Gregorio Catapang Jr.
He said some of them have “sense of entitlement” and they are eyeing to send these personnel to different camps outside.
“We have to reorient them…we have to change people watching over this whole system kasi kung lumang tao rin, lumang tugtugin din ‘yan …it’s a very radical plan…we have to rethink the way we run our prisoners, we will be very, very strict, kaya nga we have to reorient people…we will try to check kung sino talaga ang pwede magtrabaho nang honest kasi napakahirap nitong ginagawa natin because this job we’re doing is really difficult,” he concluded.
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