Tolentino bats for privatization of PH prisons 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Marjaleen RamosSenator Francis Tolentino said Monday that privatizing prisons in the country will help the government manage its expenses better. Tolentino cited that privatization of prisons has already been done in other countries such as New Zealand, Australia, United States, and Thailand. “It’s not really being soft on crime–I’m tough on crime, I’m in favor of death penalty, but this is just to separate heinous crime offenders with the non-heinous crime violators,” he added. 1055 or the proposed bill seeking to establish a separate prison for heinous crime convicts.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2019 02:15 UTC