THE Senate has proposed the establishment of three modern maximum penal institutions (MPIs), either in military bases or in isolated islands in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao to house prisoners convicted of heinous crimes.

The Senate Committees on Justice and Human Rights; Public Order and Dangerous Drugs; and Finance filed on September 17 Senate Bill (SB) 1055 under Committee Report 5, which seeks separate facilities for heinous crimes inmates.

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