200 BILIBID INMATES TRANSFERRED TO LEYTE REGIONAL PRISON

THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday reported that a total of 200 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog municipality.

The PDLs were escorted by corrections officers augmented by SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team and personnel from different NBP offices,” BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said.

The group left Manila on Tuesday night and arrived in Leyte on Thursday night

Catapang said the transfer would beef up the needs of LRP for more manpower for its “Green Revolution” program.

The BuCor is supporting the food security program of the government by empowering its PDLs to give back to the community by planting rice and vegetables.

Under the “Bagong Bucor sa Bagong Pilipinas,” the agency is presently undertaking projects in collaboration with other government agencies like the Department of Agriculture and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority to use the idle lands of BuCor and allow its PDLs as institutional workers in agricultural business ventures.

“We have laid down the foundation for the modernization of BuCor and we will see to it that this endeavor will result in the betterment of PDLs and the BuCor as a whole to be relevant, sustainable and respected,” the BuCor official said.