Jail authorities lift ban on jail visits after inmates’ protest in Iligan City

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Captain Royre Tabuclin told the Inquirer that local officials of the BJMP promised to allow jail visits in December, after 65 inmates here held a noise barrage on Friday, Nov. 27, to demand improved jail treatment and lift the ban on visitors.

Captain Royre Tabuclin, officer-in-charge of the Iligan City Police Station 4, told the Inquirer that local officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology promised to allow jail visits in December, after 65 inmates here held a noise barrage on Friday, Nov. 27, to demand improved jail treatment and lift the ban on visitors.Tabuclin, who was part of the team that negotiated with the inmates, said starting at 2 p.m.

The prisoners also asked jail officials to allow them to receive food sent by their families, a practice that had been suspended since the start of the pandemic.

 

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