The Ilocos Times

Laoag City —Forty persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from the Ilocos Norte Provincial Jail (INPJ) will soon take Alternative Learning System (ALS), sponsored by the Department of Education-Schools Division of Ilocos Norte (DepEd-SDOIN), and in partnership with the Ilocos Norte provincial government. ALS is a parallel learning system in the country established by the DepEd that provides all Filipinos, regardless of age, the opportunity to have access to and complete basic education. Provincial jail warden Benilda Sadian noted that the selected inmates will have to take the entrance examination first to be qualified in the said education:   “Our inmates expressed their joy upon receiving this news. However, they should pass their entrance test first so they could be included in the final list of qualified ALS takers,” Ms. Sadian said. Aside from ALS, the INPJ is also collaborating with the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) to provide emp

By Dominic B. dela Cruz Staff reporter Batac City —Jail officials here are closely monitoring three persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who are currently suffering from tuberculosis (TB). Jail Sr. Insp. Antonio Sapaden said they have isolated the three PDLs in their infirmary’s isolation room. Health professionals diagnosed the said PDLs last April and the City Health Office here are medicating them for free. The TB patients are facing illegal drugs and murder cases. Mr. Sapaden reported that there are no other communicable diseases in their jail except for tuberculosis cases. He thanked the BJMP regional office and the city health office for providing the medicines to the detainees. As of press time, the city jail currently has population of 211; nine females and 202 males. Mr. Sapaden hopes that they can soon use the newly completed expansion. He said the expansion building still needs a power transformer as well as the completion of its perimete