Robredo pledges P10M for a new district jail
A NEW and spacious detention facility will soon replace the existing congested District Jail in Bonuan Tondaligan.
This was pledged by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo with a P10 million fund for renovation and a counterpart of P10 million from the city.
“Secretary Robredo has promised me an initial P10 million to start the renovation of the facility as the structure is no longer fit to accommodate more than a hundred detainees,” said Mayor Benjamin Lim when he spoke during the opening of the Supreme Court’s Justice on Wheels in Bonuan Tondaligan on November25.
Lim said detainees have a right to live in a place conducive for human habitation, especially that they are not convicts yet and are still awaiting court decision on their respective cases.
“If this will not be enough, the city will pitch in anotherP10 million to complete the project,” Lim said. (CIO)
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