Despite promises of reforms and intensified security, an inmate escaped from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Sunday.

NBP Superintendent Richard Schwarzkopf Jr. said the prison break was confirmed on Sunday when the jail guards conducted a head count, prompted by the discovery of a rake with a rope purportedly used by the inmate to pull off the escape.

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