“In ordinary times, congested jails pose a great risk for the transmission of communicable diseases and the exacerbation of underlying health conditions of sick and elderly detainees,” the document stated.
However, since the COVID-19 crisis “demands prompt action”, the justice committee said “provisional liberty” shall be granted to detainees “in highly congested jails outside the provisions of RA No. 10389, but still within the bounds of the Constitution and other existing laws.” The Supreme Court, the document noted, shall be in charge of determining the proper course of action within the Rules of Court to facilitate the release of qualified PDLs.
“The guidelines may also include conditions which a qualified PDL must comply with upon release, as well as mechanisms for the proper monitoring of released PDLs, consistent with community quarantine procedures of the municipality, city or barangay where a released PDL resides, and penalties for the violation of any condition or undertaking relative to the release of such qualified PDLs,” it added.
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