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BRASILIA (AFP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed…
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BRASILIA (AFP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed…
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A female prison officer was immediately placed under preventive suspension Wednesday after she was caught attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the New…
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) have formalized the transfer of more than 4,000 hectares of…
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The camp of drug war victims on Saturday insisted that former President Rodrigo Duterte must remain in detention, arguing that the defense’s bid for temporary…
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Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Friday pushed for sweeping reforms in the country’s corrections system as the Senate deliberated on the budget of the…
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Friday pressed for sweeping reforms in the country’s corrections system as the Senate deliberated on the budget of…
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. welcomed a delegation from the Ministry of Justice of Japan at the New Bilibid Prison on…
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Elite police teams entered the prison immediately and regained control after the riot broke out.
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. on Friday outlined his modernization and reform agenda, saying the bureau is being…
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MUNTINLUPA CITY — The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) released another batch of 484 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) on 1 and 27 October 2025.
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Bureau of Corrections Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang expressed gratitude to the provincial government of Nueva Ecija and local government unit Maigo in…
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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Twenty members of a gang designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the United States have escaped from detention in…
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An unknown number of inmates escaped in the clash between rival gangs, during which another 14 people were injured.
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A bill is being proposed by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) aimed at granting medical parole to elderly individuals aged 70 years and above, as well as those…
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An alert corrections officer at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) arrested a female visitor Tuesday who was allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs inside her…
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Bangkok (AFP) — Thailand’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the country’s most powerful and polarising politician Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year,…
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. is calling on lawmakers to support reforms that would establish a unified penology and…
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Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. urged 1,000 newly recruited corrections officers to help reform the agency during a…
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