A total of 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from November to December, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said Monday.
The BOC said among those released, 625 have completed their maximum sentences, 134 were acquitted, 38 are on probation, 190 received parole, 11 were released through habeas corpus, one was turned over to jail, and one PDL’s motion for release was granted.
Meanwhile, 402 PDLs were from the New Bilibid Prison, 77 from the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong and Mindanao, 170 from the Davao Prison and Penal Farm, 111 from the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, two from the CIW Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, 69 from the Leyte Regional Prison, 68 from the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm, and 101 from the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm.
According to the bureau, this leads to a total of 18,422 PDLs released since Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla assumed office.
BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. also said that PDLs convicted of heinous crimes who are eligible for the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) may be released next year.
This was after the Supreme Court ruled that persons convicted of heinous crimes are entitled to benefit from the law that shortens the prison terms of inmates through the GCTA.
Catapang previously assured that multiple heinous crime offenders will undergo additional psychological tests before being released back to society to ensure that they will not commit another crime.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
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