Quezon City Jail Male Dormitory Warden Supt. Michelle Ng Bonto on Sunday reported that they have already released a total of 1,798 persons deprived of liberty from January to November this year as part of the administration's intensified decongestion program.

Bonto said the credit goes to her paralegal team which has been working doubly hard in computing the time served by PDLs as directed by the Office of the Court Administrator.

She added that under OCA memorandum circular 201-2022, jail facility officials need not wait for the court to order a release a PDL for as long as these freedom-bound inmates are qualified and have complied all the necessary requirements.

"We just inform the court through writing if a PDL is qualified for release," Bonto told DAILY TRIBUNE.

Computations show that of the number, 1,607 PDLs turned out to have already served sentences even before their cases are decided in courts.

A total of 102 PDLs have availed of the probation process while 49 are given the green light towards the exit gate for showing good characters under the Good Conduct Time Allowance program.

Bonto said that 81 others are scheduled to get their release papers this December.