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    The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was created in 1991 through Republic Act 6975 as the agency responsible for directing, supervising and controlling administration and operation of district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines. The BJMP was upgraded from its predecessor, the Office of Jail Management and Penology under the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police. Starting with 500 personnel, the BJMP has grown from a component of its former agency to a full-fledged bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government, as mandated by law.

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    The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was created in 1991 through Republic Act 6975 as the agency responsible for directing, supervising and controlling administration and operation of district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines. The BJMP was upgraded from its predecessor, the Office of Jail Management and Penology under the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police. Starting with 500 personnel, the BJMP has grown from a component of its former agency to a full-fledged bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government, as mandated by law.

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    The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was created in 1991 through Republic Act 6975 as the agency responsible for directing, supervising and controlling administration and operation of district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines. The BJMP was upgraded from its predecessor, the Office of Jail Management and Penology under the Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police. Starting with 500 personnel, the BJMP has grown from a component of its former agency to a full-fledged bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government, as mandated by law.

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    BJMP HISTORY

    The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department of the


    Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and
    operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping
    and development of its inmates, officially classed as persons deprived of liberty (PDL).

    BRIEF HISTORY

    On January 2, 1991, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was created thru Republic
    Act 6975 as a line Bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government. The Jail
    Bureau is the upgraded version of its forerunner, the Office of Jail Management and Penology of
    the defunct PC/INP last headed by  BRIG GEN Arsenio E. Concepcion.

    As mandated by law, the BJMP shall operate under the reorganized Department of the Interior
    and Local Government. 

    Starting from scratch with 500 personnel in 1991 the BJMP weaned from its mother PC/INP as
    a mere component, to become a full-fledged bureau. Director Charles S. Mondejar took his oath
    of office on July 1 of 1991 as the first Chief of the Bureau. 

    The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology supervises and controls all district, city and
    municipal jails.

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