Holding in Abeyance the Transfer of Inmates from Various Detention Facilities from Region IV-A and the Issuance of the Corresponding Mittimuses and Commitment Orders

September 9, 2014

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 118-14

 

In its Resolution dated 9 September 2014 in A.M. No. 13-11-07-SC, the Supreme Court En Banc resolved to HOLD IN ABEYANCE the transfer of inmates from various detention facilities from Region IV-A and the issuance of the corresponding mittimuses and commitment orders by concerned courts, quoted hereunder as follows:

A.M. No. 13-11-07-SC (Re: Circular Reiterating Relevant Portions of Existing Circulars or Administrative Issuance Regarding the Issuance of Mittimuses or Commitment Orders on the Transfer of Detainees/Prisoners). — Considering the receipt of highly reliable confidential information that inmates from various detention facilities from Region IV-A who have been convicted by the trial courts and are set to be transferred to the National Bilibid Prison (NBP) face serious security threats, the Court Resolved to HOLD IN ABEYANCE the transfer of said inmates and the issuance of the corresponding mittimuses and commitment orders. The said inmates, in the meantime, shall continue to be detained in their respective detention facilities, until further notice from this Court or the Court Administrator, with notice to the court.

For your information and guidance. TAaIDH

JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator