Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has assured his colleagues that Senate Bill No. 2352 or SBN 2352, seeking the transfer of the control and supervision of provincial and sub-provincial jails to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), will boost the jail decongestion effort of the government. The senator made this assurance in response to the query of Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros as to SBN 2352 would support the strategies crafted during last year’s National Jail Decongestion Summit. “Currently, there are some provincial jails which are not overcrowded, so when these facilities are turned over to the BJMP, it can transfer persons deprived of liberty from overcrowded facilities to provincial jails that are not congested,” Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, February 21, 2024 deliberation. (Benjie J. Murillo / Joseph B. Vidal, Senate Social Media Unit)