Multi-million facility breaks ground in Calinan

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) 11 led the ceremonial groundbreaking of the multi-million New Davao City Jail Building located in Barangay Wangan, Calinan, Davao City yesterday, October 26, 2018, that is seen to help address the congestion problem inside the detention facility in Davao City.

BJMP 11 spokesperson and community relations service officer chief Jail Inspector Edo Lobenia, in an interview yesterday, said that it will be constructed in an eigh-hectare land area including the perimeter fence. The total budget of the project is pegged at P369 million with P49 million counterpart from first district Representative Karlo Nograles.

Lobenia believed that the congestion problem of jails in Davao will be solved considering its capacity of 5,000 inmates.

It is a four-storey state-of-theart building equipped with new facilities where rehabilitation programs will be properly implemented.

“Napakalaking bagay ito sa pag-address ng congestion rate dito sa Davao kasi makikita natin na ang ating Davao City Jail alone, meron tayong 3,000 plus na population,” Lobenia said.

In Davao City Jail alone, as of January this year, it has already a total population of 3,378 for a facility designed to contain only 421 or 702 percent above what it is supposed to serve.

The increase of detainees inside the city jail in Maa was triggered by the serious campaign of the current administration against illegal drugs.

The construction of the new jail facility is expected to be completed by 2020. /