MANILA, Philippines — Senators are set to conduct the seventh joint hearing into the Good Conduct Time Allowance, a mechanism to reward prisoners by subtracting from their sentence for every month of good behavior, on Tuesday morning. In the hearing last September 19, findings of the National Bureau of Investigation showed that two Bureau of Corrections officials were involved in transactions to credit an inmate with good behavior. The senators have been discussing the “GCTA for sale” scheme where officials allegedly change the good conduct credit of inmates to process their early release in exchange for cash. The Senate panels will also look into alleged "ninja cops", or corrupt police officials who allegedly "recycle" seized drugs for sale on the street. READ: DOJ welcomes 8 inmates’ action vs revised IRR of GCTAWatch the hearing LIVE starting 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.

Source: Philippine Star October 01, 2019 01:15 UTC