The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology-National Capital Region (BJMP-NCR) led on Tuesday, April 26, a medical and dental mission in Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory (QCJMD), which served 192 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs). Medical workers and frontliners from the BJMP-NCR Regional Health Ser
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