More than two-thirds or 323 of the 478 jail facilities in the country are overcrowded, with one reaching a congestion rate of 2,639%, the Commission on Audit said.
“At present, there are 323 jail facilities that are considered heavily congested with occupancy rates ranging from 101 to 2,739 percent or congestion rates of one to 2,639 percent, which is not in conformity with the United Nations Minimum Standard Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and BJMP Manual on Habitat, Water, Sanitation and Kitchen in Jails as cited above,” COA said in its annual audit report on the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology .
Region 4A posted the largest number of congested jails with 60, followed by the National Capital Region and Region 7 with 36 each.The rest of the regions had around six to 15 congested jails each. COA cited records of the Directorate for Operations which showed that out of the 127,031 PDLs detained in 478 jails, a total of 113,686 PDLs or 89 percent are awaiting/undergoing trial and/or final judgment while 9,854 or eight percent are those sentenced for less than three years.Land limitations
As part of its recommendations, COA called for speedy construction of jail facilities and completion of perimeter fences around some newly constructed jail facilities that are still not able to be fully used due to the non-completion of the fences.
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