MANILA, Philippines – To further reduce jail overcrowding, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo said the Supreme Court (SC) is considering introducing house arrest, medical confinement, and community-supervised release as legal alternatives to detention. Gesmundo highlighted these upcoming procedural changes in his speech during the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) Summit “The Supreme Court, for its part, is amending its rules and procedures concerning detention and release to include house arrest, medical confinement, or community-supervised release, as well as the section on compassionate release for offenders who are old, sick, or otherwise entitled to compassionate or humanitarian release upon serving the minimum term […]...

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