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'Wala silang magaling na abugado': Marcos orders continued release of PDLs

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) leave the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on December 19, 2022 after attending a formal ceremony for the release of inmates who have completed their prison sentences. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/01/10/20221219-muntinlupa-inmates-released-jc-2815.jpg"/><figcaption>Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) leave the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on December 19, 2022 after attending a formal ceremony for the release of inmates who have completed their prison sentences.<em> Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has ordered the continued release of persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who are qualified of paroles, saying some of them need legal help, Malacañang said on Tuesday. </p><p>In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office said this would help relieve the country&#x27;s prisons. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/30/22/bucor-moves-to-decongest-bilibid">BuCor moves to decongest Bilibid</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/30/22/bucor-seeks-to-release-500-to-700-pdls-by-end-2022">BuCor seeks to release 500 to 700 PDLs by end-2022 to decongest prisons</a></li></ul><p>“Wala naman silang magaling na abugado. So that’s why we are in favor now to release many of them,” said Marcos. </p><p>To decongest prisons, the President also supports placing &quot;hardened criminals&quot; to separate facilities so any operations for their illegal activities will also be stopped. </p><p>Marcos also noted &quot;rampant corruption&quot; in the Bureau of Corrections. The statement did not elaborate. </p><p>Citing a report from the Department of Justice, Malacañang said nearly 3,000 PDLs were released between July and December last year. It is also eyeing to form facilities for those who committed heinous crimes in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/26/22/bucor-plans-to-separate-inmates-based-on-crime">BuCor plans to separate inmates based on crime</a></li></ul><p>Republic Act No. 11928, which lapsed into law on July 30 last year, will form secured and state-of-the-art facilities for convicts in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. These facilities will be equipped with surveillance cameras 24/7. </p><p>Locks, doors, and perimeters of the facilities will have &quot;enhanced and extensive&quot; security features, according to the measure.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/08/22/bucor-finalizing-irr-on-separate-facility-for-heinous-crime-convicts">BuCor finalizing IRR on law establishing separate facility for heinous crime convicts</a></li></ul><p>Among those expected to be transferred to the new heinous crime facilities are some 17,490 convicts currently detained at the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons, the Bureau of Corrections had said.</p><div><strong> RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2397829" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

To decongest prisons, the President also supports placing 'hardened criminals' to separate facilities so any operations for their illegal activities will also be stopped. 

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'Wala silang magaling na abugado': Marcos orders continued release of PDLs

Job Manahan,

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Published Jan 10, 2023 07:09 PM PHT

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