MANILA, Philippines – A total of 350 inmates or people disadvantaged at their liberty (PDL) and at the Facilities of the Office of Corrections (BuCor) contracted coronavirus disease 2019, adding 21 inmates who died as a result of the disease.
(There are 350 PDLs and members who tested positive for COVID-19).
Of the LDPs that tested positive for the virus, more than two hundred recovered and 21 died.
During this time, 87 have already recovered among the BuCor who tested positive for the disease. The other 3 members are in home quarantine.
Chaclag noted that the figures are “very fluid” as the figures come from several BuCor facilities. He said the numbers will be reconciled within the day.
During this time, he revealed that BuCor’s Health Services Directorate includes staff from the Ministry of Health and local government units, or relatives of COVID-19 positive inmates, to be part of the documentation of the cremation of THE PDL who died from the Array disease
The involvement of a third witness by the cremation raised through Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, following the death of some high-level inmates in the New Bilibid prison by COVID-19, whose identity has been questioned through the public.
“The challenge or difficulty lies with the Department of Health on site, so we will have to ask and coordinate. But his ngayon is the health services directorate nakikipag-ugnayan na po ang,” Chaclag said.
He explained that BuCor had also originally wanted to tap third-party witnesses for the cremation to ensure transparency on the identities of inmates being cremated, but cited difficulties on the availability of such witnesses.
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