CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Through the orders of Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda, Provincial Administrator Attorney Andres Pangilinan, Jr. inspected the Pampanga Provincial Jail yesterday as part of the provincial government’s regular inspection of the said facility.
Pangilinan, together with the General Services Office (GSO) and Provincial Assessors Office (PAO) also inspected the drainage system of the jail to find a solution to Pampanga Philippine National Police Compound residents’ complaint of foul odor coming from the jail’s creek.
“We checked the creek and found out that it’s not as bad as how the residents describe it. But nonetheless, we will still do some improvement with it. We might do a box culvert to minimize the foul odor coming from the creek,” he said.
He also did some interviews with inmates and checked on their status inside the jail. He said that the inmates are treated humanely and there are no complaints from them.
He also said that the provincial government will ask the Lawyers’ Group of Pampanga to review some of the inmates’ cases especially the senior citizens and those with weak cases.
“It is the instruction of Governor Pineda to review the pending cases of more than 1,900 inmates here. This can alleviate the overcrowding of the jail. We must maximize all available resources just to give them a much decent and humane treatment,” he added.
PHILIP OCAMPO
