THE Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Thursday said sacked Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez has been transferred to the Pasay City jail from the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame.
BJMP Superintendent Jayrex Bustinera said Hernandez was brought to the city jail on Wednesday night by personnel from the Senate’s Office of the Sergeant at Arms and the PNP.
Hernandez, who was in contempt and ordered detained for allegedly lying during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on anomalous government flood control projects, was turned over to the city jail at 8:50 p.m., according to Bustinera.
Bustinera said Hernandez will be placed under quarantine for at least seven days before he is transferred to a regular cell.
“He was brought (to the jail) by a combined force from the Senate Sergeant at Arms and PNP Custodial Center,” said Bustinera, adding Hernandez’s two lawyers joined the group that transported their client to the Pasay City Jail.
He said Hernandez underwent regular procedures, including taking of fingerprints and mugshots and medical examination.
He added Hernandez is in “good condition” but needs to take some maintenance medicine.
After the quarantine, Bustinera said Hernandez will be taken to a regular cell, joining 70 other inmates.
He vowed there will be no preferential treatment for the dismissed engineer.
“That is a standard city jail, it has no special cell,” he said, adding that “it is against the BJMP policy to extend any VIP or special treatment (to inmates.”
Asked who will transport Hernandez if he needs to attend Senate hearings, Bustinera said: “The rule there is the primary custodian, which is the BJMP.”
Nevertheless, he said such transport will be done in coordination with the PNP and the Senate OSAAA.
