During World War II, Bilibid served as a detention camp for Filipino and American prisoners of war. In 1945, with US forces closing in, the Japanese soldiers manning the prison pulled out.

REPORTER AT LARGE, about the freeing of prisoners interned at the old Spanish penitentiary of Bilibid, Manila ... to go ahead and reconnoitre the prison, which had been selected as the command ...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (PIA) — Some 300 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred to the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (IPPF) in Plalawan from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) as part of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Decongestion of the New Bilibid Prison from the current 250 percent to 200 percent is among the top priorities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for 2025. BuCor chief Dir.