Philippine inmates go online to honor the dead

The New Bilibid Prison (NBP) will implement an e-Undas scheme, which will allow inmates of the maximum security compound to pay an online visit to their dead loved ones. Superintendent Richard Schwarzkopf, head of the NBP, said the scheme will be implemented from 8am to 9pm from October 31 to November 1. Throught the scheme, the inmates’ relatives only have to bring a broadband dongle and a laptop to the cemetery to allow the inmates a virtual visit through Skype. The inmates, meanwhile, will use the Apple computers inside the e-Dalaw booth. The e-Undas scheme is under the e-Dalaw program which allows the inmates to contact their relatives all over the world.