BuCor: 805 PDLs released in April
Manila, May 3 -- Prison officials on Friday said 805 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released from various operating prisons and penal farms in the country in April.
In a statement, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said the number of inmates released in April was higher than the 783 released in March.
BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. said of those released in April, 548 were due to expiration of maximum sentence, 161 were granted parole, 67 were acquitted, 28 were granted probation, and one for habeas corpus.
Meanwhile, Catapang said Simeon Raz is already at the Reception and Diagnostic Center of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, while Denice Cornejo was admitted at the Correctional Institution for Women i...
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