00:00 The area of the cobbles was reduced to make it easier to monitor.
00:03 That's just a few of the steps of the Bucor.
00:05 Next is the escape of the inmate, Michael Catarajoa,
00:08 who was forced to ride a dog under the truck.
00:11 Marisol Abdurrahman was there.
00:13 The cobbles were being thrown to the maximum security compound in New Bilibid Prison
00:20 after being ordered by Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla.
00:24 The cobbles were not completely destroyed,
00:26 only the walls were removed or anything that might be in their way.
00:30 Bucor wants the PDLs to be visible even if they are inside the cobbles.
00:36 So that you can see what's happening inside.
00:39 It should be transparent, like in PMA.
00:43 Everything is always lined up, pick and span, right?
00:48 Yes, it's visible, it's always inspected.
00:51 The cobbles in Bilibid are always controversial
00:54 because only the PDLs that are not allowed are allowed to be used.
00:58 Bucor plans to put CCTV cameras inside the dormitories.
01:03 So that if we see or recognize anything that's happening there,
01:07 we can focus on it.
01:09 Bucor's target is to start a process with a budget of P100 million until the end of the year.
01:15 The PDL escapee, Michael Catarajoa, is also being investigated.
01:19 He was shown how he managed to do it by successfully riding a garbage truck.
01:25 But Catapang is not convinced.
01:28 It's hard to believe.
01:30 He has a lot of holes.
01:33 He said that he was just hanging out with the visitors.
01:42 He was walking in the park, he got a visitor's pass, ID, he changed his clothes,
01:51 he was holding a visitor's ID, and he said that he was just hanging out with the garbage truck.
02:04 Maybe we're just being fooled or the version is being changed or Catarajoa is hiding something.
02:13 Catapang is looking at two things.
02:16 If there was a robbery and if there is a legal liability.
02:19 According to the former Bucor chief and now Sen. Patu De La Rosa,
02:22 there should be a deep investigation to find out how far the command responsibility will go.
02:29 Catapang said that there are levels of hierarchy before he can receive the report.
02:34 From the gatekeeper, shift commander, commander of the guards, cam commander, and MVP superintendent,
02:40 before he can reach the deputy director general for operations, he reported to him.
02:46 Meanwhile, from September, Bucor will be a cashier zone.
02:50 PDL will be given booklets that can be used like passbooks in banks.
02:56 PDL will allow receiving P2,000 every week and instead of cash, Bucor will issue cash coupons like this.
03:04 There are many limits to corruption.
03:06 Because usually, when PDLs get money, they are being confiscated by the correctional officers.
03:19 And they don't declare it.
03:21 For GMA Integrated News, Marisol Abdurrahman, KTL 24 Hours.
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