A total of 266 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been freed on Wednesday—the largest number recorded in the country, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).

In a report by RH 14 Leth Narciso, 78 of the PDLs are from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), 42 from the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF), 17 from the Leyte Regional Prison, 31 from the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF).

Thirty-eight were formerly detained in the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga, 48 in the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF), and one in the Correctional Institution for Women at the IPPF.

Sixteen of the former convicts were liberated through executive clemency.