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THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has banned cellphones in all its prisons and penal farms nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said the ban is aimed at curbing illegal activities facilitated by unregulated cellphone use inside correctional facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ban covers all its officials, employees, and visitors from using cellular telephones inside prisons.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The order was contained in a <\/strong>memorandum issued by Catapang on Tuesday to all <\/strong>directors, directorate chiefs and heads of offices informing them of the prohibition that is imposed without exception to all commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, civilian personnel, visitors and other persons entering the bureau\u2019s headquarters and its operating prisons and penal farms (OPPFs).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bucor chief warned that any cellular phone or related devices discovered shall be immediately confiscated and reported to the appropriate authorities for proper documentation and disposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personnel found to be complicit in the unauthorized entry or use of cellular phones will be subjected to administrative and criminal sanctions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BuCor superintendents were instructed to conduct thorough inspections at entry and exit points and perform unscheduled checks of prison dormitories and BuCor personnel workspaces.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Catapang has also ordered the procurement of two-way radios to eliminate reliance on smuggled cellphones, which have been linked to illicit activities inside and outside prison walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We understand that many personnel may initially resist these changes, but these measures are essential to prevent the misuse of cellphones inside our facilities,” the BuCor head said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has banned cellphones in all its prisons and penal farms nationwide. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10167,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10165\/revisions\/10167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}