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Stamps featuring the Bureau of Corrections

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The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps to commemorate the Centennial Year of the Bureau of Corrections.

Trivias about the Bureau of Corrections

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Corrections in the Philippines started during pre colonial times. It was however only during the Spanish regime when an organized corrective service was made operational. The main penitentiary was the Old Bilibid Manila, which was established in 1847 pursuant to Section 1708 of the Revised Administrative Code. Royal Decree in 1865.