Senator Legarda called for a higher food budget for the country’s prisoners.
Senator Legarda has called for a higher food budget for the country’s prisoners from the current P50 to P75 a day for each prisoner.
The ongoing operations of the Philippine National Police that support the President’s anti-illegal drugs campaign to crack down the illegal drug trade and criminality in the country are the reason why the Philippine jails are now getting congested.
The PNP officials from all around the Philippines confirmed that the most of the Jails from the country become populated. They suffered from food shortage inside the jails.
According to a report, during a During a budget briefing with Department of Justice (DOJ) officials on Thursday, Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, Broached the idea of raising the budget for prison food.