THE newly appointed director of the Bureau of Corrections(BuCor) has warned inmates, prison guards and officials that he will not hesitate “if necessary to destroy in order to rebuild” the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP), which is mired in drug scandal and corruption.

“It’s like an old house [full of termites]. If necessary, we have to rebuild a fresh one, to rid it of bad habits. The most important thing is we have to move to a higher moral ground,” Director Benjamin delos Santos said over the weekend.

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