The IPPF received 185 GCTA returnees but none had been released as of Nov. 11, the BuCor said. But itsrecords showed that 604 GCTA returnees had been released from six other facilities under BuCor. No one to blameEvangelista assured that prison officials were attending to the returnees’ needs but the decision on their “official release” was out of their hands. The Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight committee, which evaluates the records of GCTA returnees, has yet to issue an order on the cases of these former prisoners, he said. Evangelista appealed to those who walked out of the IPPF to return to the facility and await the results of the GCTA review.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 11, 2019 20:16 UTC