THE Bureau of Corrections released a total of 40 inmates this Christmas season, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Wednesday.
“Eight had served their sentence while 32 are parolees,” DoJ spokesman Undersecretary Markk Perete said.
Meanwhile, BuCor’s prisons remain congested and is in need of new facilities to address this.
The spokesman cited that the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City already has a population of around 27,000 even though it only has a capacity to hold 10,072 inmates.
“That’s around 170 percent of capacity,” he said.
“Nationwide, overcapacity in BuCor facilities is estimated at 30 percent,” he added.
Perete revealed there are two areas being targeted to erect a new prison facility but declined to give further details. (Jeffrey Damicog)