Two surrendered convicts confirmed from Calatrava, La Castellana
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday urged convicts who were released under under RA 10592, an amendment to the Revised Penal Code referred to as the “Good Conduct Time Allowance Law,” to surrender. BCPO spokesperson, Police Lt. Colonel Ariel Pico, said they have yet to receive reports from the city’s 10 police stations of any surrenders.
Pico said, if any convict surrenders to them, they will undergo the normal booking procedure wherein their pictures and fingerprints will be taken. The data will then be turned over to the city’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the lead police agency handling the surrender cases.
Once the procedure is complete, Pico said the convicts will be allowed to return home temporarily as convicts are required to make a promise to cooperate once it is time to be transported to their respective correctional facilities in order to serve the remainder of their prison sentences.
Local police community relations divisions were also ordered to coordinate with barangay officials to see if there are any former convicts residing in their respective areas.
Meanwhile, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) deputy director, Police Lt. Colonel Adrian Acollador, confirmed the surrender of two convicts released under the law.
Acollador refused to identify the two convicts but confirmed one of the individuals was from Calatrava and the other from La Castellana.
He noted, the two underwent proper booking and their contact numbers were taken for coordination with the Bureau of Corrections.
The good conduct law recently came to light after it was revealed convicted rapist-murderer Antonio Sanchez, former mayor of Calauan, Laguna, was set to be released for “good conduct.”
He was sentenced to seven life sentences for the murder of two University of the Philippines-Los Baños students in 1995. One of the victims was also reportedly raped by Sanchez and his henchmen.
President Rodrigo Duterte later ordered Sanchez to remain in prison as the law was temporarily suspended pending an amendment by lawmakers.
The president also gave a 15-day ultimatum for other convicts to surrender, stating, those who have already been released need to have their sentences recalculated./DGB, WDJ