THE Commission on Audit scolded the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for wasting P61 million worth of public funds meant to upgrade the computer facility for the efficiency of criminal justice system.

In the report of state auditors, a total of P61.97 million of In-formation Technology (IT) equipment for the National Crime Information System (NCIS) were found non-operational because the accompanied software were undelivered, “thereby wasting public funds.”

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