The victims aged 27 and 42 work as office aide and administrative ... said Jail Officer 1 Joen Adarayan, 26, and other BJMP personnel were about to surrender their firearms to security guards ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) needs to acquire more land to address jail congestion rates, which have risen to as high as nearly 3,000 percent in some ...

Kapatid, a support group for political prisoners, called on the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to immediately lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions, including a 24-hour lockdown ...