Inmates of the national penitentiary New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) have petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to issue a writ of preliminary injunction barring Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas 2nd from enforcing the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) of Republic Act (RA) 10592.

The petitioners, officers of about 39,000 inmates of NBP in Muntinlupa City (Metro Manila), on Thursday sought to rule as unconstitutional the IRRs on the classification system for good conduct and time allowances under RA 10592 that took effect on April 18, 2014.

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