IPIL, Philippines – Seven inmates facing various criminal charges from robbery to rape have escaped from a provincial prison in the southern Philippines, police said Friday.
Police said the jailbreak occurred late Thursday in the town of Manukan in Zamboanga del Norte province. Several prison guards have been suspended from their duty because of the escape.
The prisoners bolted out from their cell after destroying its window grills. Police and jail officials said there is an ongoing investigation into the escape.
Police have mounted a manhunt in the town and appealed to relatives to convince the escapees, if they return home, to surrender peacefully. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Friday, May 25, 2007
Hunt Is On For Escaped Prisoner
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Philippine jail authorities on Friday mounted a massive search for a prisoner who escaped from his escorts during a court hearing in Pasay City.
Armando Llamasares, chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, said they have dispatched a cracked team of hunters from the Special Tactics and Reaction (STAR) headed by Inspector Bernardino Edgar Camus to get back Wilfredo Rabacio.
Rabacio, arrested in 1995 on drug charges, escaped on Thursday.
He said Rabacio was previously detained at the Pasay City Jail but has been recently transferred to the Metro Manila District Jail (MMDJ) inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City after being suspected of selling illegal drugs to prisoners.
“How he was able to escape from his escort is now being investigated,” Llamasares told the Mindanao Examiner newspaper.
He said MMDJ warden Superintendent Edgar Bolcio and two other jail guards who escorted Rabacio have been placed under administrative restriction.
Llamasares directed jail wardens and personnel to be extra vigilant and keep a close watch over high-risk and high-profile inmates, especially those at the Metro Manila District Jail, where known Abu Sayyaf members are also detained.
And prisoners at the different jails in Manila, Pasay, Quezon City and other overcrowded facilities around the capital region to prevent any escape.
“You should tighten security in these jails to frustrate inmates’ attempt to create jail disturbance or escape,” Llamasares said. “We should learn lessons from previous jail escapes successfully carried out by inmates because of personnel’s complacency and laxity. Such attitude towards assigned tasks puts at risk jail security and personnel safety.” (Mindanao Examiner)
Armando Llamasares, chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, said they have dispatched a cracked team of hunters from the Special Tactics and Reaction (STAR) headed by Inspector Bernardino Edgar Camus to get back Wilfredo Rabacio.
Rabacio, arrested in 1995 on drug charges, escaped on Thursday.
He said Rabacio was previously detained at the Pasay City Jail but has been recently transferred to the Metro Manila District Jail (MMDJ) inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City after being suspected of selling illegal drugs to prisoners.
“How he was able to escape from his escort is now being investigated,” Llamasares told the Mindanao Examiner newspaper.
He said MMDJ warden Superintendent Edgar Bolcio and two other jail guards who escorted Rabacio have been placed under administrative restriction.
Llamasares directed jail wardens and personnel to be extra vigilant and keep a close watch over high-risk and high-profile inmates, especially those at the Metro Manila District Jail, where known Abu Sayyaf members are also detained.
And prisoners at the different jails in Manila, Pasay, Quezon City and other overcrowded facilities around the capital region to prevent any escape.
“You should tighten security in these jails to frustrate inmates’ attempt to create jail disturbance or escape,” Llamasares said. “We should learn lessons from previous jail escapes successfully carried out by inmates because of personnel’s complacency and laxity. Such attitude towards assigned tasks puts at risk jail security and personnel safety.” (Mindanao Examiner)
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