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Sunday, February 23, 2003 (Philippines)
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| SENTRY DUTY. Police trainees line an elevated walkway to keep an eye on inmates' shanties, while jail officials and policemen conduct a surprise inspection at dawn Saturday inside the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center (BBRC) in Cebu City. (SUN.STAR FOTO/RUEL ROSILLO) |
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CEBU -- With the flak the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center (BBRC) has been getting, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 ordered a major inspection inside the whole compound Saturday dawn.
Dubbed Oplan Greyhound, the search shocked officials, who found some families of the estimated 1,700 inmates living inside the jail as well. Drugs and other contraband were also found.
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