BuCor frees 1,156 qualified PDLs to ease prison congestion

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has freed 1,156 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) over the past month, with 54 more released on Friday. The released PDLs, whose latest batch attended culmination rites on Friday, came from various correctional facilities nationwide. The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa recorded the highest number of releases