The Baguio City Jail, which has 279 eligible voters, has opened its doors to political campaigns.

In a media interview on Tuesday, Jail Chief Inspector John Waylan Lapon, warden of the Baguio City Jail–Male Dorm, said national and local candidates wanting to campaign inside the facility may signify their intentions by writing to the administration.

“We have to schedule the campaign sorties because there are also rules that we have to follow inside the jail facility,” he said in Ilocano.

Lapon said candidates will be given equal opportunities to explain their respective platforms of governance to the 229 male and 50 female inmates who are eligible to vote.

They registered with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the facility.

The eligible voters are in temporary incarceration pending the disposition of their cases and have not been convicted.

Comelec-Baguio officer, lawyer John Paul Martin, said a special electoral board will be deployed to the city jail to on May 12. (PNA)