• Prisoner/PDL - inmate who is convicted by final judgment;

offenders who are committed to the jail or prison in order to

serve their sentence after final conviction by a competent court.
They are prisoners under the jurisdiction of penal institutions.

• Detainee - inmate who is undergoing investigation/trial or

awaiting final judgment; they are committed in a lock up jail
and under the jurisdiction of Courts.
1. Insular or National Prisoners

• Those sentenced to suffer a term of sentence of 3 years and 1

day to life imprisonment.
• Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment cited above
but appealed the judgment and unable to file a bond for their
temporary liberty.
2. Provincial Prisoners

• Those persons sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from

6 months and 1 day to 3 years or a fine not more than 1,000
pesos, or both; or
• Those detained therein waiting for preliminary investigation of
their cases cognizable by the RTC.
3. City Prisoners

• Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 1 day to

3 years or a fine of not more than 1,000 pesos or both.
• Those detained therein whose cases are filed with the MTC.
• Those detained therein whose cases are cognizable by the RTC
and under Preliminary Investigation.
4. Municipal Prisoners

• Those confined in Municipal jails to serve an imprisonment from

1 day to 6 months.
• Those detained therein whose trials of their cases are pending
with the MTC.
High Profile Inmate
✓ They are those who require increased security based on intense
media coverage or public concern as a result of their offense
such as but not limited to those who have been involved in a
highly controversial or sensationalized crime or those who
became prominent for being a politician, government official,
multi-million entrepreneur, religious or cause-oriented group
leader and movie or television personality.
High Risk Inmate
✓ They are those who are considered highly dangerous and who
require a greater degree of security, control and supervision
because of their deemed capability of escape, of being
rescued, and their ability to launch or spearhead acts of
violence inside the jail. This includes those charged with heinous
crimes such as murder, kidnapping for ransom, economic
sabotage, syndicated or organized crimes, etc. Also included
are inmates with military or police trainings or those whose life
is in danger or under imminent threat.
High Value Target (HVT)
✓ This is a target, either a resource or a person, who may either
be an enemy combatant, high ranking official or a civilian in
danger of capture or death, typically in possession of critical
intelligence, data, or authority marked as an objective for a
mission and which a commander requires for the successful
completion of the same.
Security Threat Group
✓ They are any formal or informal ongoing inmates’ group, gang,
organization or association consisting of three or more members
falling into one of the following basic categories: street gangs,
prison gangs, outlaw gangs, traditional organized crime,
aboriginal gangs, subversive groups and terrorist organizations.
Subversive Group
✓ They are the group of persons that adopts or advocates
subversive principles or policies tending to overthrow or
undermine an established government.
Terrorist Group
✓ They are group of persons that commits any of the following:
piracy and mutiny in the high seas or in the Philippine waters,
rebellion or insurrection, coup d’état, murder, kidnapping and
serious illegal detention, crimes involving destruction, arson,
hijacking, violation of laws on toxic substances and hazardous
and nuclear waste control, violations of atomic energy
regulations, anti-piracy and antihighway robbery, illegal and
unlawful possession, manufacture, dealing in, acquisition or
disposition of firearms, ammunitions or explosives.
Violent Extremist Offender (VEO)
✓ This a person whose political or religious ideologies are
considered far outside the mainstream attitudes of the society
or who violates common moral standards and who has adopted
an increasingly extreme ideals and aspirations resorting to the
employment of violence in the furtherance of his/her beliefs.
Medium Risk Inmates
✓ They are those who represent a moderate risk to the public and
staff. These inmates still require greater security, control and
supervision as they might escape from and might commit
violence inside the jail.
Minimum Risk Inmates (Ordinary Inmates)
✓ They are those inmates who have lesser tendencies to commit
offenses and generally pose the least risk to public safety. In
most cases, they may be first time offenders and are charged
with light offenses.