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Prison and health officials on Monday joined hands to adopt a policy on improving the health of persons deprived of liberty in the country’s correction facilities.
BuCor said the policy provides for the allocation of funds and resources, as well as ensuring “strategic directions in the implementation of policies, plans, and programs for health and development in places of detention; materials or management documents to support the implementation of the Healthy Places of Detention.”
He said the policy would guarantee a strong collaboration among concerned agencies on improving PDLs’ health through their automatic inclusion in the National Health Insurance Program.
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