LEYTE REGIONAL PRISON

INTRODUCTION
The youngest among the Bureau of Correction’s
Penal Colonies.

The Leyte Regional prison was created by virtue of

P.D. No. 28 and was established on January 16,
1973 under the Presidential Decree No. 1101.
 Background
It is Located in Brgy. Mahagna, Abuyog,
Leyte some sixty six (66) kilometers
from Abuyog town proper.
It is situated on a 861.66 hectares
forested area on top of mountain
surrounded by mountain ranges.
It is also composed of two communities ; the
enclosed community and the open community.
Prisoners who are in the enclosed community are
those who belong to the medium and maximum
security while prisoners who are in the open
community belong to the minimum security.

As of March 19, 1997 there are about nine

hundred eighty (980) prisoners housed in this
regional prison with 204 at the maximum
security, 550 at the medium security and 226 at
the minimum security prison.
 What is the purpose of Leyte
Regional Prison?
It was built to receive, confine, secure and
rehabilitate convicted criminals classified
as national prisoners whose sentences
range from three (3) years and one (1) day
imprisonment or above. Most prisoners
came from Region VIII comprising the
provinces in the islands of Samar, Leyte and
Biliran.
 Leyte Regional Prison

It is also composed of two

Prisoners who are in the enclosed
communities: the enclosed
The prison admits convicted offenders community are those who belong to the
community and the open
from Region VI and from the national medium and maximum security while
community.
penitentiary in Muntinlupa prisoners who are in the open community
belong to the minimum security .
HISTORY
The Regional Prison was created by virtue
of Presidential Decree No. 28 dated
October 25, 1972 by then Presidential
Ferdinand E. Marcos through the initiative
of Director of the Bureau of Prison Ret
Brig. Gen Vicente R. Raval. The said
decree adopted and approved House Bill
No. 4385, entitled “An act Establishing
Seven Regional Prisons And Coverting
Existing National Penal Institutions Into
Regular Prisons And Penal Farms,
Appropriating Funds Therefore, And For
Other Purposes.
HISTORY
48 YEARS OF EXISTENCE
Nineteen (19) Superintendents
became part of its institutional
development
LRP has an inmate capacity of
500
 LEYTE’S PENAL COLONY
INAGURATES ITS ECO-TOURISM
RESORT

• ABUYOG, Leyte, July 31 (PIA) – The

Leyte Regional Prison, the biggest
correctional facility in Eastern
Visayas, will soon showcase to the
public its eco-tourism resort inside
the compound of the penal facility.
• This, after the LRP resort was
blessed and inaugurated on
Thursday following a 45-day work.
LEYTE PRISON OPENS SENIOR
HIGH EDUCATION

• Abuyog, Leyte-The Leyte Regional Prison will

open its first senior high school program for
selected inmates starting June 4.
• Through the initiative of the Department of
Education Leyte Division and the support of
Leyte 3rd Congressional District Rep. Vicente
Veloso and other stakeholders, the senior
high school program will initially cater to 63
inmates who also passed the accreditation
and Equivalency Program of the Alternative
Learning System inside the penal colony.
LEYTE PRISON OPENS SENIOR
HIGH EDUCATION

• Abuyog, Leyte-The Leyte Regional Prison will

open its first senior high school program for
selected inmates starting June 4.
• Through the initiative of the Department of
Education Leyte Division and the support of
Leyte 3rd Congressional District Rep. Vicente
Veloso and other stakeholders, the senior
high school program will initially cater to 63
inmates who also passed the accreditation
and Equivalency Program of the Alternative
Learning System inside the penal colony.
GROUP 6
NIBALVOS, CARISSA S.
MABUNA, CIELO
SUGALAN, MARONE
ENCINAS, MAEVILYN
SILVERO, RONNEL
LASANG, JERALD