MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has turned down the request of human rights group Kapatid to allow for the distribution of food and health care provisions to inmates or persons deprived of liberty.
In a letter dated March 31, CCSupt. Victor Erick L. Pascua, head of the Directorate for Security Operations said their decision to suspend the “Paabot” in the Medium Security Compound complies with the guidelines of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases that impose “stringent limitations on movement and transportation of people.”
“Further, it expresses Community Quarantine as restriction of movement within, into, or out of th…
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