BJMP: Personnel, jail facilities are prepared for possible effects of Karding

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said on Sunday that personnel of jail facilities across the country were prepared for the possible effects of Super Typhoon Karding.

Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, BJMP spokesperson Jail Superintendent Xavier Solda said they had preemptive measures for natural disasters such as typhoons.

“Ang naging procedure and protocol na po sa BJMP kapag nagkakaroon ng bagyo may preemptive measures na kaming ginagawa,” Solda said.

“Number 1, doon sa mga low-lying areas, kailangan i-transfer ang mga PDLs (persons deprived of liberty) natin. And then doon sa mga ibang facilities kung halimbawa malakas ang tama ng bagyo ay naka-monitor naman tayo sa PAGASA at ibang government agencies,” he added.

(It has become a procedure and protocol in the BJMP that when there is a typhoon, we take preemptive measures. In low-lying areas, we transfer PDLs to other facilities. If, for instance, the typhoon hits hard, we also monitor PAGASA and other government agencies.)

He also said that Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos monitored the situation at jail facilities during typhoons.

“Kapag may ganitong may paparating na sakuna, talagang tulong-tulong kaming lahat [When there is an impending disaster like this, we all really help each other],” he said, adding that separate structures have been installed for PDLs preemptive evacuations.

According to PAGASA’s severe weather bulletin at 2 p.m., five areas were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 5 on Sunday afternoon as Super Typhoon Karding maintained its strength while endangering the Polillo Island.

As of 1 p.m., Karding was 115 km east-northeast of Infanta, Quezon, or 76 km east of the Polillo Islands, with a maximum of 195 km/h winds near the center, gustiness of up to 240 km/h, and a central pressure of 920 hPa. It is moving westward at 20 km/h.

It also had strong to typhoon-force winds extending outwards up to 290 km from the center. — DVM, GMA News