DoJ chief to require approval for transfer of prisoners
By Benjamin B. Pulta 06/07/2011Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered her exclusive approval for transfers of high profile prisoners after she cited reports that incarcerated drug lords continue their entrepreneural ways even while behind bars at the New Bilibid Prisons.
Speaking to newsmen, De Lima said “one of the issues there is the transfers involving drug syndicates, and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials are earning money from this. One drug lord would allegedly bribe or give money to a BuCor official so that a rival drug lord will be sent to a penal colony,” adding that bribe money involved ranges from P2 million to P5 million.
She said the transfers pave the way for “unhampered underground or clandestine activities of rival syndicates, particularly those involved in illegal drugs.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110607met1.html
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