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BACOLOD City – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Negros Occidental intensified its campaign against contraband items inside jail facilities.
At the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Bago City, the greyhound operation conducted on Oct. 11 yielded improvised knives, mobile phones and cigarettes.
Chief Inspector Castle Masip, jail warden of NODJ, said they regularly conduct greyhound operations to ensure that no contraband – particularly illegal drugs and weapons – remain inside the jail facility.
This is necessary in maintaining peace and order inside the jail, Masip added.
Masip said the jail management has worked “tirelessly to fight illegal drugs inside the jail.”
“We will not stop until the very tiny speck of illicit drugs shall be erased and terminated in this facility,” he said.
Aside from the NODJ, seven other jails in the province conducted similar operations on the same day.
These include the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ)-Male and Female Dormitories in Barangay Handumanan and MBDJ-Special Intensive Care Area (SICA) in Barangay Taculing in this city.
Operations were also conducted in the Talisay City Jail, Victorias City Jail, Cadiz City Jail, and San Carlos City District Jail.
For his part, Senior Inspector Larry Fuentes, jail warden of MBDJ-SICA, said not recovering drugs in their facility – which houses 716 inmates – is “a positive development.”
It is a result of the strict implementation of safety measures, Fuentes added.
The simultaneous greyhound operations were part of BJMP’s Oplan Linis Piitan, which aims to clear every jail facility from any contraband, particularly prohibited drugs. (PNA/PN)
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