Manila, March 26 -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), in partnership with the Dasmarinas City government, will construct a modernized prison facility designed to significantly reduce the city's jail congestion rate from 3,333 percent to just 46 percent.

In a statement on Wednesday, BJMP Chief Jail Director Ruel Rivera said the new Dasmarinas City jail facility is a testament to the bureau's unwavering commitment to jail decongestion and humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).

"Kung malaki na ang epekto sa isang tao na mawalan siya ng kalayaan, ano pa kaya kung madagdagan ito nang masikip na selda, na siyang pinag-uugatan ng maraming pang isyung nakaka-apekto sa pisikal at emosyonal na kalusugan ng ating ...