AT LEAST 91 percent or 44,589 out of the 48,537 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have already received anti-COVID 19 vaccines.
This was reported by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to the office of Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Deo L. Marco based on its data as of December 16.
However, out of the 44,589 PDLs who have been inoculated, only 19,678 have been fully vaccinated or have received their second dose. About 24, 911 have received their first dose, the report said.
In the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) located in Muntinlupa City, which has the biggest PDL population with 28,516, the BuCor reported that 96.54 percent or 27,529 of them have been vaccinated.
The Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City that has 3,352 PDLS, a total of 3,300 or 98.45 percent of them have been vaccinated. At the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro, of its 2,344 PDLs, 2,271 or 96.89 percent have been vaccinated. And at the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City, out of its 2,304 PDLs, 1,716 or 74.48 percent have been vaccinated.
At the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Palawan, out of its 2,729 PDLs, 1,705 or 62.48 percent of them have been vaccinated. At the Leyte Regional Prison in Leyte, of its 2,153 PDLs, 1,946 or 90.39 percent of them have been vaccinated. And at the Davao Prison and Penal Farms in Davao del Norte, out of its 7,139 PDLs a total of 6,122 or 85.75 percent have been vaccinated.
It can be recalled that Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra pushed for vaccine allocation for PDLs following the steady arrival of the vaccines in the country.