Modern jail and rehabilitation facility to rise in Maguindanao

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=918967
• Thursday, September 1, 2016

(PNA), FPV/NYP/EOF

COTABATO CITY --- As promised during President Duterte's visit to Maguindanao, Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu on Thursday said construction of a PHP50 million drug rehabilitation center in the province will start next week.

This after the provincial government allocated PHP50 million for the construction of a provincial jail and rehabilitation facility.

"This is in support of Malacañang’s campaign against illegal drugs and rehabilitation of drug dependents," Mangudadatu told reporters.

He said the fund for the modern facility were taken from the PHP1 billion loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines.

Mangudadatu said special reformatory programs include spiritual, social and livelihood interventions for prospective occupants before they are reintegrated back to the mainstream society.

He said while inside, the inmates and rehabilitation program beneficiary shall have livelihood training so they can become productive again once they step out of the facility.

Mangudadatu made the announcement during the meeting of Regional Peace and Order Council of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RPOC-ARMM).

ARMM Regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman, Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th Infantry Division chief, and Chief Supt. Agripino Javier, PNP director for ARMM have expressed full support to the rehabilitation program for drug dependents.

The modern jail and rehabilitation center will be constructed in Buluan, the capital of Maguindanao.