Manila, June 11 -- The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has released a total of 2,950 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from April 1 to June 11, bringing to 23,579 the number of PDLs released under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

Among those released were 248 from the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City; four from CIW Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm; 42 from CIW Mindanao; 469 from Davao Prison and Penal Farm; 356 from Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm; 134 from Leyte Regional Prison; 1,204 from New Bilibid Prison; 180 from Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm; and 313 from San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm.

In a statement, BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. thanked the Supreme Court for its r...