In a memorandum issued May 10, BuCor Director General Pio Catapang ordered the immediate suspension of strip search and cavity search of visitors of PDLs as part of its ongoing review of its procedures.
The Department of Justice , which supervises the BuCor, has ordered an investigation into the allegations of “abusive” strip searches by prison guards.MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections has suspended its strip search policy for visitors of persons deprived of liberty after wives of political prisoners recently reported undergoing "degrading and traumatic" searches.
JUST IN: The Bureau of Corrections have suspended strip and cavity search among visitors of persons deprived of liberty following reported complaints of "degrading and traumatizing" strip searches on PDL wives. |Kapatid, a support organization of families and friends of Filipino political prisoners, filed a formal complaint on Monday detailing the "dehumanizing" strip searches conducted on wives of political prisoners at the New Bilibid Prison on April 21.
“The humiliating experience of the wives of political prisoners need to be investigated for outright violations of international and national laws governing the treatment of prisoners and visitors and violence against women as well as for brazen harassment,” Kapatid spokesperson Fides Lim said.
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