M6: CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION

JOHN MICHAEL DIONISIO

RCrim., MSCJ, CSP, PhD(c)
Registered Sweet Lover

EASIEST “daw” è LAST DAY OF BOARD (August 27)

- 10% weight è mind is already EXHAUSTED
- formerly 2 subjects “gusto ko ng umuwi”
a. insti cor
b. non insti cor
- currently 3 subjects (CMO 5 s2018)
c. Therapeutic Modalities
1. Criminology = “Causes of Criminal Behavior”
2. Criminal Law and Jurisprudence = Nature and Administration of Law
3. Correctional Administration = systematic management of jails, prison and
inmates towards rehabilitation

Criminology – entire body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon, it

includes within its scope, the process of making laws, breaking of laws and society’s
reaction towards the breaking of laws.
(Lolo Edwin Sutherland & Kuya Donald Cressy)
1. Process of making laws è “CLJ”
2. Breaking of laws / causes of criminal behavior è “Crim”
3. Society’s reaction – Penalty è “Penology”
3 Branches of Criminology (SEP)
1. Sociology of Laws
2. Etiology of Crimes
3. Penology
Correction
= changing a wrong to become right
= weakest pillar – failed to fully rehabilitate criminals due to cases of recidivism
= pillar of CJS which deals with
a. Custody b. Supervision c. Treatment & Rehabilitation
= takes care of criminal offenders after conviction
3 Definitions
1. Correction is a Process = “CHANGE” è “Personality” – how?
2. Correction is a strategy = “Modalities”
a. religion / faith based program
b. recreation and sports = ease the oppressiveness of time (boredom)
c. behavior management = shape the behavior (counseling)
d. work programs = livelihood program
e. Educational Programs = “cornerstone of rehabilitation” – most vital program
for rehab
f. Vocational Programs = Skills training (TESDA)
3. Correction is an AGENCY = BJMP, BUCOR, PROV. JAIL, DSWD, PPA & BPP
PENOLOGY = “penal Science”
Latin
*Poena = Pain and Suffering
*Poenalis = Punishment
- branch of criminology which deals with management and administration of
inmates
Correction = pillar of CJS
Penology = branch of criminology
Function = SAME
BUCOR & BJMP = PDL – custody, supervision, treatment & rehab
CO1 & JO1

Jail / Penal Management = manner or practice of managing and controlling places of

confinement such as jail or prison (pangangasiwa ng kulungan)
Management = skillful use of means (resources) to accomplish am objective
Managing a JAIL = 6 RESOURCES
1. M – money (capital) è food (P70/day per inmate)
2. M – materials (logistics) è utensils, uniform, bed, medicines,
3. M – machineries (equipment)è locks, alarms, cells, bars, firearm
4. M – manpower (personnel) è maintenance, warden, cook, officer
5. M – Method (system) è shakedown (regular search), escort, greyhound
(surprise invasion)
6. M – Market (consumers) è PDLs

Correctional Administration – systematic management of jails and prison towards

rehabilitation
Systematic = following a specific approach or method
CORRECTION = REHABILITATION
Imprisonment Community Based
(inside) PLACE (outside)
BJMP or BuCor community is center of rehab
- PDL - Client will under CBRP
- Rehab inside cell - P – probation
- Rehab thru imprisonment - P – parole
- Serve sentence - P – Pardon
CA 1: INSTITUTIONAL CA 2: NON-INSTITUTIONAL
CORRECTION CORRECTION

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Commitment – entrusting an inmate to a jail or prison (putting a person in
prison) by a competent authority
synonyms = isolation, imprisonment, confinement,
incarceration, incapacitation, lock up
2. Competent authority = agencies that can send a person in prison (mga ahensya ng
gobyerno na maaaring magpakulong ng tao)
ex. Courts (SC, CA, SB, CTA, RTC, MTC, Sharia, Military Courts)
 ex. Congress (Senate & House of Representatives)
ex. Bureau of Immigration
ex. BPP – violation of parole and pardon

Kailan ba nagiging legal ang pagkukulong? = UTOS / DOKUMENTO

3. Commitment Order – order in writing issued by a competent authority ordering a
jail authority to accept and confine a person while there is a judicial proceeding.
- order in writing = DOCUMENT
- issued by court, BPP, Congress, etc.
- ordering a warden
- for the purpose of detention
Document issued by an authorized agency ordering the warden to accept a person for
detention
Q - What is the effect of issuance of commitment order?
A – Detention (person: detainee)
Q – what is the best remedy for commitment order?
A – Bail

If a person is already guilty and the court orders the convicted person to serve the
sentence, the court must issue a _______
DIFFERENCES COMMITMENT ORDER MITTIMUS ORDER
SOURCE
COMPETENT AUTHORITY COURT ONLY
WHEN
AFTER ARREST OR DURING P.I AFTER CONVTION WITH FINALITY
PURPOSE
TEMPORARY DETENTION SERVICE OF SENTENCE
DURATION
NONE/INDEFINITE DEPEND UPON THE SENTENCE(AM, PC, RP)
RECEIENT 3 YEARS BELOW=BJMP
BJMP OR PROVINCIAL JAIL
ABOVE 3 YEARS=BUCOR
REMEDY PAROLE, PARDON, AND OTHER EXECUTIVE
BAIL
CLEMENCIES

Q – It is a document issued by a court ordering a jail or prison authority to confine a

convicted offender for service of sentence?
A – MITTIMUS
Q – it is a document issued by a judicial body (court) given to jail or prison authority
for imprisonment of person found guilty (convicted) of a crime?
A – MITTIMUS
Q – this is an order in writing issued to a jail authority for temporary imprisonment
while under trial
A – Commitment Order

Q – this a jacket or folder containing information, decision of the court, warrants and
commitment order or mittimus?
A – CARPETA
Carpeta è warden
- “commitment order” = detainee
- “mittimus order” = Convicted
Note: carpeta is 1 : 1 è 1 imprisonment : 1 Carpeta
*useful in application for parole
Prison Record – documents such as previous convictions, behavior inside the prison,
violations of rules, date of commencement of sentence, date of probable release
*GCTA = no record of violation of rules and regulation
Classification = segregation / grouping of inmates according to their
a. age (CICL vs Adult)
b. Gender (male and female)
c. Health (healthy vs sick)
d. Degree of security (min, med and max)
e. nationality (alien vs native)
*John Howard = father of prison reform
A – abolition of fee system
S – segregation of females and children
S – single cells (1 : 1)
S – Sanitation facilities
*Diversification – segregation of inmates for different types of rehabilitation program
for different types of inmates
crimes against property = livelihood program
rapist and murderer = behavior management / counseling
drugs cases = psychological / recreational program
*Contraband – any item or anything prohibited by LAW or forbidden by jail RULES.
Ex: deadly weapons, cigarette, illegal drugs, pornographic materials, firearms, metallic
objects, fragile glasses,, explosives, lewd materials
2 Types of Contrabands
1. Illegal Contrabands = generally prohibited by LAW
Effect: prohibited inside and outside jail or prison
ex: illegal drugs, firearms, deadly weapons, explosives, counterfeit money
1. Nuisance Contrabands = Generally accepted but maybe prohibited by jail
rules, it may cause, fire, hazard, untidy appearance or threat to security
(prohibited inside only)
Ex. cigarette, cellphone, lighter, metals, porn magazines, dild*, glass items, excessive
money, toothbrush, liquor.

Q – Mario is a newly admitted PDL in Valenzuela City Jail, he underwent a regular

search before admission, the jail officer managed to confiscate cellphone, expensive
watch and jewelries and large amount of money. What shall we do to those confiscated
items?
A – kept by property custodian
- issue property receipt
Q – Maria is a prisoner serving sentence for 2 years already, a greyhound operation
was conducted cellphone, expensive watch and jewelries and large amount of money
was confiscated. What shall we do to those confiscated items?
A – disposal
- recorded as a violation (only for nuisance)
- if illegal contraband (filed as another CRIME)

2 Methods of Search
1. Shakedown – regular search before admission (kapkap bago pasok)
Types
a. PAT SEARCH = EXTERNAL GARMENT FRISKING
b. RUB SEARCH = PRIVATE PARTS (Groin, penis, buttocks, bosom etc)
c. STRIP SEARCH = PRIVATE ROOM à naked search (contrabands and body
marks)
d. BODY CAVITY SEARCH = body holes (mouth, ears, ass hole, vagina etc)
2. Greyhound – Surprise search / surprise invasion of a cell for possible
possession of contraband (Leader: Ground Commander)
Booking = process of acquisition of identification

a. Fingerprint

b. Mugshots

Escape – act of illegal and unauthorized getting of inmate from a penal facility

*Escapio or Escapium = “Chance or Accident”

*Q – what crime is committed by an escapee?

A – Evasion of Service of Sentence

Elements:

1. escapee

2. Prison or Jail Facility

3. escapee must be a convicted with final judgment (Mittimus Order)

Note: generally detainees will not be liable if he escape

Q – if a detainee escaped, is he liable for evasion?

A – No.
Q – if a detainee escaped and the jail officer asked him to stop from escaping or the
escapee resist, what crime was committed?
A – Yes, Disobedience
Q – if a detainee escape by means of physically attacking the jail officer, what crime
was committed?
A – direct assault
Q – Jeffrey is convicted of rape and sentence for imprisonment, after 12 days from the
promulgation of judgement, he escape from prison facility, is he liable for evasion?
A – No
Art 157,- evasion can only be charged to convicted person with final judgment.
Q – When judgment become final?
a. if the accused waived the right to appeal
b. if 15 days period for appeal lapsed
c. if the accused applied for probation
d. if the decision was given by SC.
Q – Francis was declared guilty by the court. After 3 days, the judge who gave the
decision DIED. What is the effect of the death of the judge to the sentence of the
Francis?
A – None

Types of Evasion of Service of Sentence

1. Art 157 (Type A) = actual escape (from inside going to outside)
2. Art 157 (Type B) = violation of destierro
3. Art 158 = failure to return within 48hrs after passing of calamity
4. Art 159 = violation of conditional pardon
Galing sa loob, lumabas = ART 157 – A
Pinapalayo, lumalapit = ART 157 – B
Lumabas dahil sa kalamidad, hindi bumalik = ART 158
Pinalabas gamit ang Con Par, nilabag ang kondisyon = ART 159
To be convicted of EVASION, the escapee or violator MUST BE A CONVICTED
OFFENDER BY FINAL JUDGMENT

If a person was charged of evasion, what are the effects?

1. He will be disqualified for Parole
2. He will be disqualified for Pardon (only for 1 year)
3. He will be disqualified for GCTA
4. He will be disqualified for STAL
Legal Modes of Release
(Legal na Paraan ng Paglabas)
1. President – Pardon (1:1) & Amnesty (1:Group)
2. Court – Bail, dismissal, acquittal, probation, furlough
3. Bureau of Immigration – Deportation
4. Board of Pardons and parole – “parole”
5. Warden / Superintendent
a. Served sentence
b. Transfer to other jail or prison
c. Hospitalization
d. Death – St. Peter (easiest)
Death of a criminal = total EXTINCTION of criminal liability

Furlough – emergency temporary release due to prisoners family crisis (ex. death of
family member or critical illness)
Rules
1. Requested – 3 days before (where?)
a. detainee = court of jurisdiction
b. convicted (bucor) = director general
2. Distance – 30 kilometers radius (note: if more than 30km, it will be permitted if the
prisoner can promise to return to jail or prison in daylight)
3. Time – Day time for max of 3 hours
4. Escort – 1 : 1 + 1 (transit ratio)
5. Not allowed for Maximum Sec Prisoner
6. Not allowed 60 days before and 30 days after election
7. Not allowed for burial rights (funeral procession).

Punishment – general term; applicable for every painful result of violation of rules;
REDRESS – compensation for a wrongful act
Penalty – technical or legal term, suffering inflicted by the state (Government) against
members for violation of LAW
Purposes of Penalty
(Justification of Penalty) – RADIRR
1. R – Retribution = exact personal vengeance (classical; Beccaria)
2. A – Atonement / Expiation = group vengeance
3. D – Deterrence = fear of threat of punishment
4. I – Incapacitation = protection of people thru imprisonment of criminals
5. R – Reformation = rehabilitation; bringing back the productiveness of person
6. R – Reintegration = return to mainstream society

Q – what justification of penalty is applicable during primitive (ancient) times?

A – RETRIBUTION

Q – the following are justification of penalty in primitive times except,

a. imprisonment

b. torture

c. retribution

d. reformation

Reformation / Rehabilitation – it is the justification of penalty in contemporary

(present or modern) times

7 Juridical Conditions of Penalty

(Katangian ng isang Makatarungang Parusa)
CCCLEPP
C – CERTAINTY – sureness of application; no one must escape its effect
C – COMMENSURATENESS – the severity of penalty depends on the gravity of crime
(balanced)
C – CORRECTIONAL – the penalty must reformative; change must happen
L – LEGAL – product of due process, judgment rendered by court
E – EQUALITY – same crime must have same penalty
P – PERSONAL – no one must assume the penalty; no proxy
P – PRODUCTIVE – respect human dignity; humane
Death Penalty = prohibited (RA 9346)

Circumstance that can affect severity penalty even if on the same crime:
1. Stages of execution – Attempted, Frustrated and Consummated
ex. Attempted vs Consummated Murder
2. Degree of Participation
a. P – Principal
b. A – Accomplice
c. A – Accessories
3. Circumstances affecting Criminal Liability – JEMAA
a. Justifying
b. Exempting
c. Mitigating
d. Aggravating
e. Alternative

Ancient Forms of Penalty

1. Capital Punishment = Death Sentence
a. Fusillading = Musketry or Firing Squad
ex. Pepe = Jose Rizal
ex. Lim Seng = executed for Illegal Drugs
b. Decapitation = de – away & Caput – head (beheading)
c. Garrote = “iron collar” (COD = Asphyxiation or Blockage of air)
*prohibited by Act 451
d. Hanging = Strangulation (COD = Asphyxia)
e. Electrocution = Electric Chair (1st used in Sing – Sing Prison)
COD = Burning
f. Lethal Injection = death by intra venous poison (RA 8177)
- Leo Echegaray – 1st person executed by L.I. in the Philippines
3 Dosages of Drugs
1. Sleep = SODIUM THIOPENTAL (barbiturate)
2. Paralysis = PANCURONIUM BROMIDE
3. Cease heart function = POTASSIUM CHLORIDE

2. Corporal Punishment – physical torture / 3rd degree penalty

a. Mutilation – cutting or clipping
b. Impalement – penetration from body parts
c. breaking on wheels
d. Iron Maiden
e. Furca – bladed neck cuff
Culture of Death = country with death penalty
 - abolished by Pope John Paul II
3. Social Degradation = Public Humiliation / Shaming
ex. Branding, balding, pillory
4. Exile = Banishment / Ostracism / Outlawry (Persona non grata)
= RPC à Destierro

Vestal Virgin = women who promised to remain pure and chaste due to their faith for
Vesta and Athena
Early Forms of Prison Discipline
1. Hard Labor = Penal Servitude
*Compensation = ½ PDL & ½ trust fund
2. Mass Movement = mass eating & mass bathing
3. Uniformity = treating all prisoners alike
4. Deprivation = removal all necessity aside from living (death by hunger)
5. Monotony = giving the same food and off diet
6. Solitary Confinement = isolation cell, disciplinary cell, SHU – solitary housing unit,
lone wolf
BJMP = 1 to 7 days
BuCor = 30 to 60 days
UN Standards (Mandela Rules) = Min. 22hrs, max of 15 days
Early Codes
1. Code of Hammurabi (Babylon) – 1st codified law; lex talionis, tit for tat
2. Code of Draco (Greece) – Harsh Code; Equality of penalty; all crimes should be
punishable by DEATH
3. Code of Solon (Greece) – abolished code of Draco and abolished death penalty
but not for murder / homicide (commensurate)
4. Code of 12 Tables – Lex Decemviri Tabulae – 1st codification of Roman Law (ex.
Heresy and Blasphemy)
5. Mosaic Code – 1st law of Israelites; “Moses” – 10 Commandments
6. Burgundian Code (France) – “Bourgeois” è penalty is according to social class
and value of life
7. Code of Kalantiaw (Philippines) – 1433 in Aklan and Panay; Drowning and
feeding to ants (Hoax) = FAKE
8. Tang Code – 1st law of Chinese people (Tang Dynasty)
Unwritten law = Common Law or Lex non scripta
Solon = Law Maker / Congressman / Legislator

1468 – England = death and torture become prevalent

13th century = Power of Church in Penology
a. Inquisition – investigation conducted by church
b. Benefit of Clergy – priest have immunity from suit, ecclesiastical court (court lead
by the church)
c. Securing Sanctuary – power to forgive sins thru compromise with the church for 40
days
Ex-communicado = considered as a non member of the church (tiwalag)
16th Century = England è Overcrowding of prisoners
Solutions
1. Piracy act of 1717 = prisoners from England will be transported to penal
colonies (ex. US and Australia)
2. Galleys = long, low, narrow, single deck ships rowed by criminals used to
transport inmates
3. Hulks = abandoned warship used to house prisoners (floating hells)
POW = Prisoners of war
*Gulags = wooden jails for lazy country men

PIONEERS OF CORRECTIONAL REFORM

1. William Penn – 1st used imprisonment as rehab. 1st to abolish death penalty.
2. Charles Montesquieu – “harsh punishment will weaken morality”
3. John Locke – everyone is born good and empty (Tabula Rasa)
4. Francois Marie Arouet – “Voltaire” = he wants to legalized torture and shame
(goal: general deterrence)
5. Cesare Beccaria = Freewill; retribution and deterrence
6. Jeremy Bentham = Panopticon Prison (cylindrical); Hedonism, utilitarianism,
felicific calculus, penal pharmacy
7. John Howard – father of prison reform; greatest prison reform
A = Abolition of fee system
S = Segregation of women and children
S = Sanitation
S = Single cell
8. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise = he established the 1st juvenile reformatory in England
(Borstal Institution = Boy aging 16 to 21)

What is the main purpose of panopticon prison?

- To make the daily job of jail officers easy

9. Frederick August Demets = “Domets of France”

- he established agricultural colonies of delinquents
Philippines’ Agricultural Colonies
IWAHIG = Rice and Corn
SABLAYAN = Rice and Corn
DAVAO = Benenuh
SAN RAMON = Copra
10. Manuel Montesinos = Director of Prison in Spain (overcrowding = chaos) solution
= Prison Companies lead by petty officers (Mayor) – to help jail officers in maintenance
of peace and order (I am my brother’s keeper)
11. Alexander Maconochie = Supt of Norfolk Island Prison, Australia (Overcrowding).
He created MARKS SYSTEM, prisoners are awarded marks for good behavior that they
will use to buy TICKET OF LEAVE.
12. Walter Crofton = Director of Irish Prison (Ireland), he imitated Maconochie, he
established “Irish system or Progressive Stage system”
3 Stages of Irish System
 a. Solitary Confinement = 9 months (Repentance)
b. Spike Island = Prison Labor (Productivity)
c. Intermediate Prison = no guards (Honesty and Loyalty)
13. Zebulon Brockway – superintendent of Elmira Reformatory “The Hill”
- Located in Hudson River, NY, USA
- 1876 (1870 to 1880) – Golden age of Penology
- 1st used – prison education
- forerunner of modern penology
14. Elizabeth Fry – Angel of Prison; fight for equal rights for women prison

DIFFERENCES JAIL PRISON

FRENCH: DUNGEON
ORIGIN LATIN PRESIDIO “P”
SPANISH: JAULA/CAULA=CAGE
Bureau of Prison –
BJMP(PHIL. CONSTABULARY
AGENCY renamed by EO 292 –
JAIL SERVICE)
Bureau of Correction
DEPARTMENT DILG DOJ
CREATE: RA 6975 CREATE: ACT 1405
LAW
REFORM: RA 9263 REFORM: RA 10575
DATE OF CREATION JAN. 2, 1991 NOV. 1, 1905
1. DETAINEES INSULAR NATIONAL
POWER 2. COVICTED –SENTENCE 3 PRISONER –SENTENCE
YEARS BELOW OF ABOVE 3 YEARS
ALL LOCAL JAILS EXCEPT
7 PRISONS AND PENAL
JURISDICTION PROVINCIAL AND LOCK UP
FARMS (PPF’S)
JAILS
HIGHEST RANK:
HIGHEST RANK: J/DIRECTOR
NATIONAL HEAD UNDERSECRETARY 4
(2STARS)
STARS)
LOCAL LEADERS WARDEN/WARDRESS SUPERINTENDENT
CORRECTION
JAIL OFFICERS (21to30) SAME
PERSONNEL OFFICER/TECHNICAL
IN PNP
OFFICER (21to40)
MAX =TANGERINE
COLOR OF INMATES YELLOW MED= BLUE
MIN= BROWN

Exactly 3 years & 1 day = BUCOR

3 years above = 3 taon pataas = 3 years, 3 years and 1 day, 3 years and 2 days etc
Above 3 years = mataas sa tatlong taon = 3 years and 1 day

Early Prisons
1. Carcere Mamertino / “Mamertine Prison” (Rome) – early roman place of
confinement located under the main sewer of Rome.
2. Maison de Force (Ghent, Belgium) – established by Jean Jacques Villian (father
of penitentiary); 1st prison who segregated women and children
3. Bridewell Workhouse (London, England) = 1st English prison use to house
prison for labor
 4. Walnut Street Jail (Philadelphia, USA) - 1st American penitentiary, invented
large cell areas
5. Maine State Prison Jail (USA) – imitated the underground pits of Rome
(maximum security)
5. Sing – Sing Prison Jail (USA) – located in Ossining newyork, created by
Elam Lynds, 1st – Cold Shower Bath (hypothermia = extreme coldness) 1st –
electric chair

6. Alcatraz Prison Jail (San Francisco Bay, USA) – “The Rock”; Island Prison
(Super Maximum Prison) – created by John Edgar Hoover; Hardest Prison, most
secured and escape proof.

3 Escapees of Alcatraz

a. Frank Morris

b. John Anglin

c. Clarence Anglin

7. Adx Florence Jail (Colorado, USA) – currently the most secured prison in the
world

8. Carcel Y Presidio Correccional (Philippines) – “Old Bilibid Prison” 1847 –

1865, Located in Oroquieta Manila, established by Royal Degree

carcel = 600 max cap

presidio = 527 max cap

total capacity = 1,127 max cap total

1930’s è MLQ – head count = +3,000 PRISONERS (overcrowding)

1936 è MLQ – 1,000,000 Pesos è 552 Hectares in Muntinlupa

1941 è all inmates of OBP were transferred è NBP

Currently OBP is called as Manila City Jail

2 Rival Prison Systems

1. Auburn Prison = system followed by Sing-Sing Prison
= Congregate System
Day = prisoners are allowed to work together in hardwood shops
Night = prisoners are confined in the own cell (1:1)
1. Pennsylvania Prison
- Day and night è SSS
S = Solitary system
S = separate system / segregate system (own cells)
S = Silent system (mandatory read bible in complete silence)
Proselytizing = coercing an inmate to change religion, coercing a prisoner to practice
other religion
*Proselyte = a newly converted person
Q – what system did the Philippines used?
A – NONE

PDL = Person Deprived of Liberty

- formerly called as inmate or prisoner
- to avoid labeling
General Types of PDLs
1. Detainees – under trial, under investigation or waiting for final judgment
(Commitment order)
2. Sentenced Prisoner – convicted by final judgment (Mittimus order)
3. Prisoner in safekeeping – imprisoned for the Welfare and Protection (ex. insane,
witness, CICLs)
4 Types of Sentenced Prisoner
(different in term of the length of their sentence)
1. Municipal Prisoner – min of 1 day and max of 6 months.
2. Provincial Prisoner – min 6 months & 1 day and max of 3 years
3. City Prisoner – min of 1 day and max of 3 years
4. Insular or National Prisoner – above 3 years up to death
What classification of sentenced prisoner is Mr. reyes if his sentence is maximum of 6
months?
a. Municipal Prisoner
b. Municipal Jail
c. Provincial Prisoner
d. Provincial Jail

Types of Insular Prisoner

(Risk / Security Classification)
1. Maximum Security Prisoner – death penalty, reclusion perpetua or above 20
years, life sentence, heinous crime, habitual delinquent, high risk –
TANGERINE
2. Medium Security Prisoner – 20 years or below, 1st time offender, newly arrived,
1 or 2 records of escape but serve 5 to 8 years
3. Minimum Security Prisoner – 65 y/o above, handicapped, 6 months left
Halfway house = donated by Asian Crime Prevention Foundation (Nagoya Japan) – Pre-
release adjustment facility = 30 days before release
Half way out = nearing release
half way in = parole and probation violator
Q – if Mr. Kulas is a 1st time offender with a penalty of life imprisonment, what
security classification is he?
A – Maximum security only for 5 years à transferred to medium

Classes of Inmates
(Rank)
 1. 3rd Class inmates = “suki” – 3x or more imprisoned in BuCor.
2. 2nd Class inmates = “neophyte / Yearlings” = newly arrived for the 1st time
3. 1st Class inmate = 2nd class promoted because they were granteed GCTA
4. Colonists = 1st class with GCTA maintained for 7 years
Privileges of a Colonist
a. Reclusion Perpetua = 40 years commuted to 30 years (-10 years)
b. Civilian Clothes
c. Live with family after the sentence (Homesteader)
d. Prison facilities
e. Subsidy – allowances
Iwahig = Tagumpay Settlement – Homestead land for prisoners who decided to stay
DaPeCol = Tanglaw Settlement

BJMP
- Formerly called as PC Jail Service
- Created under Sec 60 of RA 6975
- Headed by a chief with the rank of Jail Director
- Term of service = 4 years
- Appointed by = President
- Supervise and control the administration of all city, municipal and
district jail
Key Officials / Command Group
1st man in command = chief BJMP (JDir)
2nd in Command = deputy chief for Admin (JCSupt)
3rd in command = deputy chief for Operation (JCSupt)
4th in command = Chief Directorial Staff (JCSupt)
Q – what is the minimum rank to be appointed as Chief of the BJMP?
A – JSSupt.

In the PNP, what is the minimum rank to become the C, PNP?

- PBGen or 1 star rank
RANK RECOMMENDED BY APPOINTED BY
JO1-JO2-JO3-SJO1 up to NONE REGION- REGIONAL
SJ04 (JNCO) DIRECTOR
NHQ- CHIEF BJMP
JINSP, SINSP, CINSP, up IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR C, BJMP
to SUPT.
JAIL SR. SUPT. C, BJMP SEC. OF DILG
CHIEF SUPT. UP TO SEC. DILG PRESIDENT
J/DIRECTOR

Q – SSUPT Dionisio will be promoted to the next rank, who has the jurisdiction to
appoint him?
A – PRESIDENT
Note: all appointed positions by the president needs 2 requirement
1. Attestation of the civil service commission
2. Confirmation from the commission on appointments (Congress)
 Bureau of Correction
- Formerly Bureau of Prison (under the Ministry of Commerce and police)
- EO 292 – Renamed Bureau of Correction under the DOJ
- EO 292 – Revised Administrative Code of 1989 (Mommy ni Crizzy na lola ni
Bimby & Kuya Josh)
- Headed by a director general with a rank of Undersecretary
- 6 years term of service
- 4 stars insignia
- Appointed by the President
- Take custody of all INSULAR PRISONERS with a sentence of more than 3
years
Q – Julian is a detainee with an alleged crime of robbery
= BJMP
= after trial he was declared GUILTY and sentenced to 6 years (insular)
= he decided to appeal his case to the CA
Q – will he be transferred to the BuCor?
= yes!

PD 29 – Law that classified offenders according to their length of sentence

Command Group of the BuCor

DOJ – Secretary
BuCor – “Director General” (Usec.) – 1st
(6 years term & appointed by the President)
Asst. Dir Asst Dir Asst. Dir Opt
Admin Reform / Rehab & Sec
(Asec) (Asec) (Asec)
nd th
(2 ) (4 ) (3rd)
Note: the ranks are the same but the position are different
7 Superintendents for 7 Prison and Penal Farms (PPF’s)

PRISON LOCATION YEAR LAND PRODUCT SUBCOLONY OTHERS

AREA

SAN ZAMBO 1869 1,546 COPRA None Oldest, political prisoner, Pepe,
RAMON SUR H. Moros
PPF

IWAHIG PPP 1905 36,000 RICE & Central, Luhit, Open, Best & Finest &
PPF H CORN Inagawan, Sta. Prison w/o walls
Lucia & Montible
Note: Tagumpay
Settlement
CIW MANDA, 1931 18 H. Dress None Created under Act 3579,
NCR Making & Branch: Davao
Beauty
Culture

DAVAO TAGUM, 1932 30,000 Banana & Panabo & - TaDeCo (Banana)
PPF DDN H. Abaca Kapalong - Highest Income
(1 – Abaca
Plantation)
Note: Tanglaw
Settlement
NBP MUNTI, 1936 552 H. Handicraft Main = Maximum Manuel Quezon
NCR Camp P1 Million Pesos
Sampaguita = NHQ of BuCor
Medium
Camp Bukang
Liwayway = Min
SABLAYAN OCC.MIN. 1954 16,000 Rice and Central, Yapang, Nearest Penal Colony in NCR
PPF H Corn Pusog & Pasugui

LEYTE REG ABUYOG 1973 MAX Mix Agri None Youngest Prison
PRISON CAP
500

Admission & Reception Procedures

1. Receiving – Process of acceptance or taking custody
escorted
Lock up è escorted by L.E. è BJMP or Prov. Jail
BJMP è escorted by J.O. è BuCor
2. Checking of Commitment Papers
Detainee = Commitment Order
Convicted = Mittimus Order
3. Shakedown – search for contraband before admission (Pat, Rub, Strip & Cavity
Search)
4. Booking – Acquisition of identity thru Mug shot and Fingerprint
5. Briefing – “Prisonization” – explain rules and regulation of the jail
6. Quarantine – xray, medical, tests & vaccination. (5 Days)
7. Treatment Planning and Diagnostic – sociologist, psychologist, psychiatrist,
educational counsellor, vocational officer, medical, custodial & Chaplain (55 days)
Note: Quarantine and Treatment Planning are being conducted where ___
BuCor = DRD – Directorate for Reception and Diagnostic
BJMP = ICCU – Inmate Classification and Counseling Unit
8. Issue Equipment = uniform, hygiene kit
9. Assignment – Placement
Q – can a PDL bring his own appliances inside the prison or jail?
A – Yes! But it must be used for general purpose

Jail Breaks = any disorder or chaotic situation in jail or prison (Riot, quarrel,
intentional destruction of facility etc)
Mass Escape = escape involving 2 or more inmates
3 Quick Response Teams
(utilized before the arrival of the reinforcement team = STAR Team)
STAR Team = Special Tactics and Response Team
1st Group = Dispersal Unit (Anti Riot Equipment)
2nd Group = Back up Unit (Gas Units like Gas grenades, smoke grenades, tear gases)
3rd Group = Last resort (Tactical Team) – Firearms
Q – what type of weapon shall only be used the tactical team?
A – Non – Lethal Weapons (like Rubber Bullets / Rubber Pellets)