A NEW policy signed on Monday is expected to further improve the quality of health care services being provided to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said.

BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. said that the National Policy on Promotion and Protection of Health in Jails, Prisons, Custodial Facilities, and Other Places of Detention will guarantee that PDLs are provided with 24/7 health care services, included in the National Health Insurance Program and granted eligibility to PhilHealth packages pursuant to Republic Act 11223 otherwise known as Universal Health Care Act.