Sen. Leila de Lima says she has filed two measures which seek to "introduce comprehensive reforms in the country’s prison and correctional systems." In a press statement, it says that she has filed Senate Bill Nos. 180 and 181, to be known as “Prison Reform Act of 2019,” and the “Unified Corrections and Jail Management System Act of 2019,” respectively. “It is vitally important to enact a law instituting wide-ranging reforms in our jails and correction system, a legislation that shall mandate the upgrade of our facilities, enhance professionalization of our jail and correction officers and employees, and legislate the standards of humane treatment of the inmates,” De Lima says.

Source: Philippine Star July 06, 2019 02:57 UTC