De Lima introduces a bill to unify the prison system

Senator Leila de Lima leaves the Muntinlupa Regional Court after attending the hearing for her drug charges. Senator Leila De Lima has introduced a bill that would create a unified system of corrections and imprisonment in the country

Under Senate Bill 1879, a new agency called the National Commission on Services correctional and prison management integrate the services of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the Bureau of Prison and Penology Management (BJMP).

BuCor under the Ministry of Justice and the BJMP under the Department of Local and Local Government will be abolished, De Lima "I am introducing this bill to help reform the correctional and prison management system in the Philippines", she said.

She said that the state of the country's prisons violates the 1987 Constitution and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

According to De Lima, the situation of the system Filipino penitentiary has caused trouble in prison, escapes, life below standards, poor health. "Severe congestion is also a root cause of prison crime," she said, citing the fact that other detainees are also mistreated in prison

De Lima said that "there is a lot of crime. she was in "unfair detention". since last year. She has been detained at the Philippine National Police Detention Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City since February 2017.

She was charged with presiding over the drug trade inside New Prison Bilibid. 19659012] Do not miss the latest news and information.