Jonvic vows to further ease BJMP jail congestion woes

Manila Bulletin

While the congestion rate had decreased to 279 percent from the high of 327 percent in 2022, an overhaul in the system is in the offing as overcrowding issues continue to hound the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run jail facilities, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor “Jonvic’’ Remulla stated on Saturday, May 9. (via Chito Chavez | MB)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/05/09/jonvic-vows-to-further-ease-bjmp-jail-congestion-woes   Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Sec, yung sa BJMP naman tayo, yun yung pangatlong bureau under DILG.

00:07Sa BJMP kasi madali eh, pag nagreklamo yung mga preso, may abuses.

00:12So far, anong reforms ang sinasagawa ngayon sa BJMP?

00:16Actually, ang problema ng BJMP is overcrowding.

00:20So, kung titingnan mo kasi, last only priority ang mga PTLs ng gobyerno.

00:26So, we are mga 300% above capacity. 300%.

00:33Kung pupunta ka sa kulungan ng Pasay, ang kwartong, teka, one, kalaati nito, dalawang daan ng preso.

00:44So, mga ano lang yun, Sec, mga 50?

00:47Mga, ano yan, mga 50 to 80 square meters.

00:51Dalawang daan ang nagsisiksik. Wala nang nakahiga dyan.

00:54May yung nakatayo, may yung nakaupo, may nakahiga.

00:58Tapos, may yung nakahiga at natayo.

01:00Yung ito, hupo, hupo pa.

01:02Shifting sila sa...

01:05Salitan sila.

01:06Salitan sila.

01:06So, paano? Ano yung immediate na ginagawa natin for them?

01:10Well, hindi kasi sila priority ng Congress para ponduhan eh.

01:15Ang mas priority nila, siyempre, yung law enforcement at saka yung ibang mga agencies.

01:21Pero, we're trying, nilalagay namin sa budget namin yan.

01:25Pero, pagdating sa budget process, laging inuawala yun.

01:29Pero may subsidy sa LGU, di ba, yung mga municipal cities?

01:32Yung iba, yung iba na kaya.

01:33Nag-subsidize sila.

01:34Tulad, Vanilla City, nag-subsidize sila.

01:37Quezon City, nag-subsidize sila.

01:39Pero, yung iba.

01:40Pero, most of them, kukunti lang nag-subsidize ng LGU.

01:43Kung kaya nung...

01:44Pero may ira sila.

01:46Ha?

01:46May ira.

01:47Meron, meron.

01:48Malaki.

01:48Malaki yun nila.

01:50Sfra, politically expedient sa kanilang pansinan ng BGNP.

01:56Mas politically effective na umulog sila sa pulis.

02:01Kaysa at umulog BGNP.

02:18Kaysa at umulog sila.

02:18Sfra, politically expedient sa pulis.

02:19Kaysa at umulog sila.

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