New Bilibid Prison
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The New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila is the main insular prison designed to house the prison population of the Philippines.[2] It is maintained by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) under the Department of Justice. As of October 2022, the NBP housed 29,204 inmates, exceeding its ideal capacity of 6,345.[1]
Location | Sampaguita Road, Muntinlupa, Philippines |
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Coordinates | 14°22′53.89″N 121°01′46.05″E |
Status | Operational |
Security class | minimum–maximum |
Capacity | 6,345[1] |
Population | 29,204[1] (as of 2022) |
Opened | 1940 |
Managed by | PNP Special Action Force Bureau of Corrections |
Director | Gregorio Catapang Jr. (OIC) |
City | Muntinlupa |
Country | Philippines |
In 2023, BuCor Chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. has expressed plans to close down the prison by 2028 and convert it into a commercial hub, by which time an estimated 7,500 minimum and medium security inmates will have transferred to regional prisons where their hometown is located and high-risk offenders will have transferred to a supermax prison in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.[3][4]