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Catapang to shutter New Bilibid Prison by 2028

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The New Bilibid Prison Muntinlupa City on Nov. 14, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/17/20221114-bucor-117th-anniversary-jc8973.jpg"/><figcaption>The New Bilibid Prison Muntinlupa City on Nov. 14, 2022. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The chief of Bureau of Corrections is confident he will be able to close down the state penitentiary by 2028.</p><p>According to BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr., all of New Bilibid Prison&#x27;s close to 30,000 inmates will be transferred to regional prison facilities in 5 years’ time.</p><p>The congested NBP in Muntinlupa City will be converted into a commercial hub.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/03/29/23/new-bucor-chief-to-replace-maximum-security-prison-guards">New BuCor chief to replace hundreds of guards in maximum security prison with female corrections personnel</a></li></ul><p> &quot;The last prison and penal farm was established in 1973.... That was 50 years ago. That was how long the Bureau of Corrections has been forgotten,&quot; Catapang told ANC&#x27;s &quot;Rundown&quot; Monday.</p><p>&quot;Fifty years of mismanagement, of no infrastructure development and then, I now have a very tall order to turn it around in 5 years’ time.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;ll do that by closing down the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa and then I&#x27;ll convert that into the new BuCor Global City. I&#x27;ll be leasing maybe more than 50 percent of the lot there,&quot; he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/inmates-sa-bilibid-planong-ilipat-sa-mga-piitan-sa-probinsya">Inmates na nasa minimum at medium security compound ng Bilibid, planong ilipat sa mga probinsya</a></li></ul><p>Catapang said this year he aims to transfer to facilities in Davao, Leyte and Palawan around 7,500 inmates from minimum and medium security compounds.</p><p>He will also ask Congress some P5 billion budget for the relocation and replication costs.</p><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=2585227" 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>

The chief of Bureau of Corrections is confident he will be able to close down the state penitentiary by 2028.