Bong Revilla's gadgets, clothes barred from jail —BJMP

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) said it did not allow the entry of gadgets and clothes of former senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. into the Quezon City Jail-Male Dormitory.

"Lahat damit na hindi authorize, lahat ng hindi dilaw pinauwi natin sa kanyang abugado. Gadgets pinauwi rin natin (All clothes that were not authorized, as well as his gadgets, were given to his lawyer to be taken home)," said BJMP spokesperson Jail Superintendent Jayrex Bustinera on a "24 Oras" report by Mariz Umali on Wednesday.

"BJMP personnel are professional.  We have zero tolerance for VIP treatment," he added.

The Sandiganbayan Third Division issued Monday a warrant of arrest and a hold departure order against Revilla and six other individuals over an alleged P92.8-million ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.

Revilla surrendered Monday night to the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Camp Crame.

He was transferred to the jail facility on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Revilla's children and sister visited him in his cell.  They refused to comment.

Visiting hours for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Revilla and co-accused, former Department of Public Works and Highways Bulacan engineers Brice Hernandez, Jaypee Mendoza, Arjay Domasig and finance section chief Juanito Mendoza, are in separate cells as they undergo the mandatory seven-day quarantine.

The two other accused, engineers Emelita Juat and Christina Pineda, are to be transferred to the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory at Camp Caringal after the Philippine National Police (PNP) served the return of warrant.

After the seven-day quarantine, Revilla and the four others will join the other PDLs in their cell.

Revilla was given vegetables for dinner and chicken for lunch.

The BJMP said jail guards will also be asked to wear body cameras to record their daily interaction with the PDLs.

Revilla has posted bail for his graft case, but remains in jail for malversation charges.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla, who hails from Cavite like Revilla, said, "The law is the law, there's no special favor here. I have to do my job."

Remulla said he went with Revilla when he was transferred to the QC jail facility as his "last act of friendship" to the former senator. —LDF, GMA Integrated News