BuCor to hire 1,000 more corrections officers in 2024 SUBMIT APPLICATION HERE: BuCor Recruitment The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Friday, Nov. 10, it will hire 1,000 more corrections officers (COs) in 2024 to augment its personnel in its prison facilities nationwide. This year BuCor had hired 1,500 COs, 502 of them just graduated from a six-month training, while 528 others just started their training last Tuesday, Nov. 7. BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the continuous hiring of COs would comply with the mandate of Republic Act No. 10575, the BuCor Modernization Act of 2013. ADVERTISEMENT