A lawmaker on Saturday vowed to push for a bigger budget for the modernization of equipment in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to reduce human intervention between inmates and officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
Rep. Robert Ace Barbers of Surigao del Norte, chairperson of the House committee on dangerous drugs, said the primary reason behind the proliferation of illegal drugs inside the national penitentiary is the web of corruption between inmates and jail guards.
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