SC ruling to free at least 5,000 prisoners

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DIRECTOR GENERAL Gregorio Catapang of the Bureau of Corrections on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled with finality that persons convicted of heinous crimes are entitled to the benefits of Republic Act 10592, or the New Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law.

He said among the heinous crimes covered by the SC ruling are treason, piracy, qualified piracy, qualified bribery, parricide, murder, infanticide, kidnapping with serious illegal detention, robbery with violence or intimidation, destructive arson, rape, plunder, and illegal drugs and carjacking.

It can be recalled that in 2019, the Senate conducted an investigation in connection with allegations that some prisoners were forced to pay P50,000 to P1.5 million to prison officials in order to be released by tampering with their good behavior records.“We don’t want a repeat of that kind of experience,” Catapang said.