The responsibility for the CJS is primarily with the national government.

The Philippine
CJS comprises of five (5) pillars, namely Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Courts,
Corrections and the Community.
1. Law Enforcement
• Mission. Prevention and control of crimes, detention/arrest of suspects, investigation
and filing of case, and assisting in prosecution.
• Composition. Composed of five (5) major law enforcement agencies, such as the
Philippine National Police (PNP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID), and Bureau
of Customs (BOC).
2. Prosecution
• Mission. Conduct preliminary investigation of cases filed in the prosecutor’s office and
prosecutes cases filed in the court against alleged offenders after probable cause is
established.
• Composition. Comprises primarily of two national government agencies, the National
Prosecution Service (NPS), an organic unit of the Department of Justice and the Office
of the Ombudsman.
3. Courts
• Mission. Adjudication of justice and rendering judgment.
• Composition. The Philippine Judiciary is a four tiered court system consisting of the
Supreme Court as the highest court of the land; the intermediate courts consisting of the
Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, and Court of Tax Appeals; the second level courts
which consist of Regional Trials Courts; and the first level courts comprising of the
Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, and
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts.
4. Corrections
• Mission. Correction, inmates welfare and development, rehabilitation, jail/prison
management, and reintegration.
• Composition. Composed of two major and equally significant components (i) the
institution-based, and (ii) the community based corrections. The institution-based
corrections comprise of prisons and jails administered by the Bureau of Corrections of the
DOJ, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of the DILG, and by the local
government units with regard to provincial and sub-provincial jails. Community-based
corrections pertain to probation and parole. The Bureau of Pardons and Parole is
authorized by law to grant parole to qualified prisoners. While the Parole and Probation
Administration (PPA) of the DOJ administers the probation and parole systems in the
Philippines.
 5. Community
• Mission. Work with communities and organized groups in fighting criminality,
collectively impose limitations on citizens’ behavior to deter criminality/criminal behavior,
and serve as society at large where a person convicted of a crime goes back to after
serving his/her sentence.
• Composition. Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs), Commission on Human Rights (CHR), Department of Social Welfare &
Development (DSWD), Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), Schools/Universities,
Church/Religious Groups.