MANILA - The sad situation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the cramped Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory will drastically improve following the turnover of Phase 1 of the New Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory at Payatas Road on Wednesday. Currently, the old Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory in Barangay Kamuning which houses 3,184 PDLs has a congestion rate of 1,066 percent, a figure far off the livable prison standards. "From the current 1,000 percent congestion rate in the old building, it will be down to 55 percent with the completion of the new Quezon City jail facility. The new facility offers our wards more than enough space to move around and breathe. We can now spare our PDL from a lot of physical, mental, and emotional problems that arise from overcrowding," said BJMP chief, Jail Director Allan Iral, in a statement. Iral thanked all partners in the government and private sector, especially the Quezon City government. He also commended BJMP National Capital Region d
The bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has inaugurated the new Quezon City Jail Building on Wednesday, Dec. 15, a move that is part fo the bureau's efforts to improve the living condition and address the congestion woes of the inmates in its jail facilities. BJMP spokesperson in a statem
STATE-owned LandBank of the Philippines announced last Tuesday it slashed lower its sale price on its property in Payatas, Quezon City. The state-owned lender said in a statement it recently sold to the Quezon City Government its 96,169-square-meter property covering 157 parcels of land in Barangay Payatas for P209 million,…
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Four areas in Quezon City were placed under the Special Concern Lockdown (SCL) due to the surge in COVID-19 cases.
According to a report from ABS-CBN, areas in Bansalangin Street, Brgy Payatas, Area 6, Luzon Avenue, Brgy. Old Balara, Molave Street in Brgy.Payatas and Road 1,
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