MANILA, Philippines — Twenty personnel of the Bureau of Corrections have been dismissed from the service for misconduct and other offenses since BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang assumed the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said that it released 632 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) this January. According to the BuCor, 477 PDLS had expired their maximum sentence ...

MANILA, Philippines — Saying it is high time for an increase, the Bureau of Corrections is urging lawmakers to increase the medical allowance for prisoners to at least P30, with BuCor chief Gregorio ...

Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas says the Commission on Human Rights and the Bureau of Corrections should effectively work together to protect prison visitors from 'degrading and traumatic' ...

Heart attack has surpassed tuberculosis or TB as the leading cause of death among prisoners at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Thursday.

Multiple heinous crime offenders will undergo additional psychological tests before being released back to society to ensure that they will not commit another crime, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the University of the Philippines have signed an agreement granting each other access to land in Laguna and Palawan. The agreement was ...

THE Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) are scheduled to sign today, Tuesday, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that would allow the establishment of PEZA ...