Cops should heed Eleazar s no-jail order
Any rush to arrest mandatory mask violators without setting up the holding and booking infrastructure would worsen jail congestion and the clogging of court dockets, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today.
Recto said violators will be first brought to holding cells in police precincts, but then these are already full.
Violators remanded to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities will also find standing room only conditions awaiting them.
And with many prosecution offices and courts conducting some of their work online, the procedure violators will undergo will face delays, Recto warned.