MANILA, Philippines—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed on Thursday that a riot erupted at the New Bilibid Prison on Tuesday.
Bilibid is one of the seven penal institutions under the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). BuCor is under the administrative supervision of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Guevarra said the DOJ had required the BuCor to submit a report about the incident and intends to determine possible liabilities “if we find the report unsatisfactory.”
“We’ll act after we have read the full report. We already directed the BuCor months ago to take the appropriate measures to prevent these violent incidents,” Guevarra said.
Guevarra noted that BuCor had condu…
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