More than 200 convicts from Leyte have been released by the government as part of its effort to de-clog the country’s penal system.
Bureau of Corrections Director General Benjamin De Los Santos on Friday revealed that the 234 convicts have served their sentences but remained detained at the Leyte Prison and Penal Farm because of the slow processing of release papers.
Aside from the Leyte Prison and Penal Farm, the prison facilities also under BuCor are the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City, Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Sabisyan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro, San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City, Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog, Leyte and Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Panabo Davao.
