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Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles announced that a legal aid group he is heading had inked an agreement with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to conduct a national training program for its paralegal personnel to aid efforts to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons, which now have a congestion rate of almost […]
In a bid to facilitate the resolution of cases of persons deprived of liberty, Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has donated anew 30 computers to be distributed to remote and congested jails in Visayas and Mindanao. Lakbay Hustisya, a legal aid foundation established by the neophyte lawmaker, on Thursday turned over the computers to […]
Amid the suspension of jail visitation privileges for inmates because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) lauded the efforts of a neophyte lawmaker to ensure that inmates still have access to consultations with their lawyers and their families using digital technology.BJMP Chief Jail Director Allan Iral […]