Checkpoint at City Jail

With 51 high-risk inmates inside the Davao City Jail, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP 11) has sought the help of the Davao City Counil for the establishment of a checkpoint along the streets going to the facility in order to regulate the entry of vehicles and people.

BJMP 11 spokesperson Jail Chief Inspector Pio Rosero said yesterday during a weekly press briefing at the Royal Mandaya Hotel that they have already presented the recommendation to the council last Tuesday and they are yet to receive the resolution.

He said that the resolution is needed so that they will be permitted to step up security inspection of vehicles and people entering the vicinity including the residents or those visiting the inmates. It will also determine who will be assigned to man the checkpoint either the military or the police as well as its security implementation.

“Hindi naman talaga i-close ang daan, iregulate lang ang mga residents. Kukunin ang vehicle [information] nila para maregulate so mayroon ng

inside the city jail. This inmate was reportedly one of the city's top drug suppliers arrested in a drug-bust operation last 2016.

"Puno naman gani atong mga kulungan mag-special room pa ta para sa usa ka inmate (The city jail is already packed. We cannot provide a special room for a high-risk inmate). In fact, we need more jail facilities," Gotico told Sun. Star Davao in an interview at the BJMP-Davao office.

Gotico said there are 51 high-risk inmates held inside the city jail. He added that the city jail has already 3,251 inmates as of July this year. Inmates in drug-related cases reach 2,465 while 786 are those non-drug cases.

"Ingon ana kadaghan atong inmates sa sulod (That's the number of the inmates held inside the city jail). The inmates are even sometimes having a hard time to sleep because of the congestion. We cannot have special rooms," he said. ICT (For full story visit www.sunstar.com.ph/ davao/)