Twenty high-risk detainees of the North Cotabato District Jail in barangay Amas here were transferred to Kidapawan City Jail facility following the escape of 16 prisoners from the Cotabato City jail.
Jail Inspector Israel Arboleda, Kidapawan City jail warden, said most of the high-risk detainees are facing murder, illegal drugs and involved in series of bombings in North Cotabato.
Arboleda said jail officials in the province have received intelligence information of a possible jail attack by lawless groups to rescue high risks inmates.
In 2007, some 40 inmates, including the three suspected bombers responsible in bombings in various areas in Mindanao, bolted the provincial jail.
Most of the escapees remained at large despite the provincial government's bounty for their re-arrest.
Arboleda said tight security were being observe inside and even within the surrounding of the jail facility to preempt similar incident that happened in Cotabato City jail on Wednesday.
“We are implementing strict inspections to all visitors to ensure that no bladed weapons can get inside our jail facility,†Arboleda said.
Inmates are also not allowed to get out of their cells to make sure that they are properly accounted once the jail guards conduct a routine head count.
The Kidapawan City jail, situated at the heart of the city near the city hall, is now home for 69 inmates. Sixty-five of them are males while four are females.
Arbomeda said the 20 high-risk detainees were placed together in one cell of the jail facility for easy identification. - pna
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