ILIGAN CITY —- Jail authorities here have given in to the demands of protesting inmates to allow jail visits, which have been suspended because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Captain Royre Tabuclin, officer-in-charge of the Iligan City Police Station 4, told the Inquirer that local officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) promised to allow jail visits in December, after 65 inmates here held a noise barrage on Friday, Nov. 27, to demand improved jail treatment and lift the ban on visitors.
Tabuclin, who was part of the team that negotiated with the inmates, said starting at 2 p.m., the inmates banged metal objects on their ceiling and shouted “sayote,…
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