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The New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila is the main insular prison designed to house the prison population of the Philippines. [2] It is maintained by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) under the Department of Justice (DOJ). As of October 2022, the NBP housed 29,204 inmates, nearly five times its intended capacity of 6,345.
The New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal is a criminal investigation and political scandal concerning allegations of government involvement in illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines. The allegations were made by President Rodrigo Duterte after announcing that the two top convicted drug lords ...
The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. The Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, National Bureau of Investigation led by Justice secretary Leila de Lima launched a series of raids on the New Bilibid Prison on December 15, 19, and 22, 2014, targeting drug lords allegedly operating inside the prison and to seize contraband reportedly in possession of some of the prison's ...
Manila City Jail (until 2009) New Bilibid Prison (from 2009) Jaybee Niño Manicad Sebastian[ 1 ] (January 20, 1980 – July 18, 2020) [ 2 ][ 3 ] was a Filipino high-profile inmate interned at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) who was convicted for kidnap-for-ransom and carnapping in 2009. [ 4 ] He was known for running a prison gang and was ...
Echegaray was told of the court ruling at noon, three hours before he was to die by lethal injection at Manila's New Bilibid Prison. He is the first man to be executed in the Philippines since 1976. Echegaray's final statement was: "Sámbayanáng Pilipino, patawarin ako sa kasalanang ipinaratang ninyo sa akin. Pilipino, pinatáy ng kapwa Pilipino."
In an analogous situation to the New Bilibid Prison, [31] [32] numerous high-profile allegations of corruption have been made, and wardens relieved of their duty for corruption. Ramon Tulfo , a journalist at The Manila Times , in April 2019 used his column to allow a former detainee to write a piece; in it he alleged that BI–Bicutan officials ...
Padilla wrote and starred in the 1996 film Anak, Pagsubok Lamang which was shot almost entirely inside the New Bilibid Prison, where Padilla was incarcerated. [10] [11] After his release, Padilla starred in the 1998 film Tulak ng Bibig, Kabig ng Dibdib and was again injured while filming after his stunt car flipped and landed on its roof. [8]
New Bilibid Prison held male death row inmates. President Fidel V. Ramos promised during his campaign that he would support the re-introduction of the death penalty in response to increasing crime rates. The new law (Republic Act 7659), drafted by Ramos, was passed in 1993, restoring capital punishment on December 31, 1993. [36]