COR AD (INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION)
1. Institutional Correction
• Rehabilitation of offenders in Jail or Prison.
• BJMP, DSWD (Bahay Pag-asa), BUCOR
2. Non- Institutional Correction / Community-
Based Correction
• Correctional activities that takes place in the
community that directly addressed to the offender
and aimed at helping him to become a law abiding
citizen.
• Parole-BPP
• Probation- Court
• Executive Clemencies-President
PENOLOGY
• It is the study of punishment for crime or of
criminal offenders.
• It includes the study of control and prevention of
crime through punishment of criminal offenders.
ETYMOLOGY OF PENOLOGY
• The term is derived from the Latin word "POENA"
which means pain or suffering and "POENALIS"
which means punishment
PENAL MANAGEMENT
• It refers to the manner or practice of managing or
controlling places of confinement in jails or prisons.
CORRECTION
• A branch of the Criminal Justice System
concerned with the custody, supervision, and
rehabilitation of criminal offenders.
- It is that field of criminal justice administration
which utilizes the body of knowledge and practices
of the government and the society in general
involving the processes of handling individuals who
have been convicted of offenses for purposes of
crime prevention and control.
• Positivist Doctrine Influence
CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION
- It is the study and practice of a systematic
management of jails or prisons and other
institutions concerned with the custody, treatment,
and rehabilitation of criminal offenders.
THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF PENOLOGY
1. THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL
-It maintains the "doctrine of psychological
hedonism" or
"free will". That the individual calculates pleasures
and pains in advance of action and regulates his
conduct by the result of his calculations.
• Basis of criminal liability - absolute human free will
• Purpose of punishment - retribution
2. THE NEO-CLASSICAL SCHOOL
• It maintained that while the classical doctrine is
correct in general, it should be modified in certain
details.
Since children and lunatics cannot calculate the
differences of pleasures from pain, they should not
be regarded as criminals, hence, they should be
free from punishment.
3. THE POSITIVIST/ITALIAN SCHOOL
• The school that denied individual responsibility
and reflected non-punitive reactions to crime and
criminality. It adheres that crimes, as any other act,
is a natural phenomenon.
Criminals are considered as sick individuals who
need to be treated by treatment programs rather
than punitive actions against them.
• Treats criminals as sick individuals
• Purpose of punishment - treatment/rehabilitation
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON CORRECTIONS
• 13TH CENTURY - SECURING SANCTUARY
In the 13th Century, a criminal could avoid
punishment by claiming refugee in a church for a
period of 40 days at the end of which time, he has
compelled to leave the realm by a road or path
assigned to him
• BENEFIT OF THE CLERGY
In the 13th Century, a compromise between the
church and the king, wherein any member of the
clergy brought to trial in the king's court shall be
claimed from the jurisdiction by the bishop or
chaplain representing him and placed under the
authority of the ecclesiastical court.
• GAOLS - (Jails)
pre-trial detention facilities operated by English
Sheriff.
• GALLEYS - long, low, narrow, single decked
ships propelled by sails usually rowed by criminals.
A type of ship used for transportation of criminals in
the 16th century
HULKS
Decrepit transport, former warships used to house
prisoners in the 18th and 19th century.
These were abandoned warships converted into
prisons as means of relieving congestion of
prisoners. They were also called "floating hells"
• 16th Century
Transportation of criminals in England was
authorized. At the end of the 16" Russia and other
European countries followed this system
It partially relieved overcrowding of prisons.
• 17th Century to late 18th Century
Death penalty became prevalent as a form of
punishment.
• 18th Century
-is a century of change. It is the period of
recognizing human dignity. It is the movement of
reformation, the period of introduction of certain
reforms in the correctional field by a certain person,
gradually changing the old positive philosophy of
punishment to a more humane treatment of
prisoners with innovational programs.
-The Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason
NOTE:
• 1870 - 1880 (GOLDEN AGE OF PENOLOGY)
PRUNISHMENT vS PENALTY
PUNISHMENT
• It is the redress that the state takes against an
offender where it signifies suffering
Or curtailment of its freedom.
PENALTY
• is the suffering that is inflicted by the state for the
transgression of law
PURPOSES/JUSTIFICATIONS OF PUNISHMENT
1. Retribution (PERSONAL VENGEANCE/
REVENGE)
• the punishment should be provided by the state
whose sanction is violated to afford the society or
the individual the opportunity of imposing upon the
offender suitable punishment as might be enforced.
Offenders should be punished because they
deserve it.
2. Expiation or Atonement
• it is punishment in the form of group vengeance
where the purpose is to appease the offended
public or group.
3. Deterrence - punishment gives lesson to the
offender by showing to others what would happen
to them if they violate the law. Punishment is
imposed to warn potential offenders that they
cannot afford to do what the offender has done.
4. Incapacitation and Protection - the public will
be protected if the offender has been held in
conditions where he cannot harm others especially
the public.
Punishment is effected by placing offenders in
prison so that society will be ensured from further
criminal depredations of criminals.
5. Reformation or Rehabilitation - it is the
establishment of the usefulness and responsibility
of the offender. Society's interest can be better
served by helping the prisoner to become law
abiding citizen and productive upon his return to the
community by requiring him to undergo intensive
program of rehabilitation in prison
GOALS OF PUNISHMENT
1. General Deterrence - the state tries to convince
potential criminals that the punishment they face is
certain, swift, and severe so that they will be afraid
to commit an offense.
2. Specific Deterrence - convincing offenders that
the pains of punishment is greater than the benefits
of crime so they will not repeat their criminal
offending
3. Incapacitation - if dangerous criminals are kept
behind bars, they will not be able to repeat their
illegal activities.
4. Retribution/Just Desert - punishment should be
no more or less than the offenders actions deserve,
it must be based on how blameworthy the person is
5. Equity/Restitution - convicted criminals must
pay back their victims for their loss, the justice
system for the costs of processing their case and
society for any disruption they may have caused.
6. Rehabilitation - if the proper treatment is
applied, an offender will present no further threat to
society
7. Diversion - criminals are diverted into a
community correctional program for treatment to
avoid stigma of incarceration. The convicted
offender might be asked to make payments to the
crime victim or participate in community based
program that features counseling.
8. Restorative Justice - repairs injuries suffered by
the victim and the system into a healing process
rather than distributor of retribution and revenge.
ANCIENT FORMS OF PUNISHMENT
1. Death Penalty / Capital Punishment - Affected
by burning, beheading, hanging, breaking at the
wheels, pillory and other forms of medieval
executions.
• DEATH CONVICT- This refers to an inmate were
death penalty/sentence imposed by the Regional
Trial Court is affirmed by the Supreme Court.
2. Physical Torture / Corporal Punishment- It is
affected by maiming, mutilation, whipping and other
inhumane or barbaric forms of inflicting pain.
• CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - It is the infliction of
physical pain as a form of punishment.
3. Social Degradation - The act of putting the
offender into shame or humiliation
4. Banishment or Exile / ostracism / outlawry -
The sending or putting away of an offender which
was carried out either by prohibition against coming
into a specified territory such as an island to where
the offender has been removed.
- Presently known as Destierro

EARLY FORMS OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Death by Musketry or Firing Squad
• Firing Squad refers to a group of soldiers. Usually,
all members of the group are instructed to fire
simultaneously, thus preventing both disruption of
the process by a single member and identification
of the member who fired the lethal shot. The
prisoner is typically blindfolded or hooded, as well
as restrained.
GALLOWS
• Refers to a frame usually of two upright post
traverse beam from which criminals are hanged
STRANGULATION THROUGH HANGING
• Hanging is the strangulation by the use of a rope
while the body is suspended in the air. As oppose
to decapitation, hanging was the standard non-
honorable form of death penalty.
GARROTE
Condemned
- strangling condemned persons consists of
an iron collar attached to a post. The
victim's neck is placed in the collar, and the
collar is slowly tightened by a screw until
asphyxiation occurs.
GUILLOTINE
• designed for efficiently carrying out execution by
beheading. The device consists of a tall. upright
frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended
at the top.
• The condemned person is secured with a pillory at
the bottom of the frame, holding the position of the
neck directly below the blade.
- The blade is then released, swiftly and
forcefully. decapitating the victim with a single,
clean pass; the head falls into a basket or other
receptacle below.
BEHEADING
The condemned man's neck is placed on the
wooden curved wood specially designed for the
purpose. Most often, the doomed-man is black
hooded with both hands tied at the back before his
head is positioned at the chopping block. At a given
signal, the head is axed and the severed head fall
on the truck provided therefore.
DECAPITATION
• derived from a LATIN word"DE" meaning FROM
and'CAPUT" meaning HEAD. Instead of using axe,
the method employed is by the use of a sword and
the practice is widespread in China and Muslim
States.
EARLY FORMS OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
STONING
- It is a form of execution wherein the
condemned person is pelted with stones
FLAGELLATION/ FLOGGING
• act of methodically beating or whipping the human
body.
- The word flagellation was derived from Latin word
"flagellum" which means whip.
• It is done by repeatedly hitting the body, usually in
the back with the use of a whip, cane, wood,
leather, or other objects hard enough to inflict pain.
MUTILATION
• the cutting off of an organ of the body As a
punishment, it is done in accordance with the law of
retaliation or lex taliones. Lex taliones resembles
the biblical principle of "an eye for an eye, tooth for
a tooth"
IRON MAIDEN
• an instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron
frame shaped like the human body and lined with
spikes to impale the victim.
FORMS OF PUNISHMENT THROUGH PUBLIC
HUMILIATION
BRANDING
• Human branding or stigmatizing is the process in
which a mark usually symbol or ornamental pattern,
is burned into the skin of a living person, with the
intention that the resulting scar makes It
permanent. It is done by pressing a burning, hot
iron to the person's skin or body which would result
in a wound caused by the burning
JOUGS, JUGGS, or JOGGS
• an iron collar fastened by a short chain to a wall.
often of the parish church, or to a tree or cross. The
collar was placed round the offender's neck and
fastened by a padlock. Time spent in the jougs was
intended to shame an offender publicly.
PILLORY
• is a wooden or metal device mounted on a post
with three holes to fit the head and the wrists. The
offender had to bend down while standing up, while
his head and wrists are trapped in the holes. He
had to remain in this position for a certain number
of hours, depending on the crime he committed.
CRUXIFICATION
- was used by the Romans to add public humiliation
to a death penalty of Roman soldiers would crucify
people naked, and using different torture positions
as a way to further humiliate them. Crucified bodies
were left to decay on the cross for weeks, and
crows would come to feed on the corpses; this can
be seen as post-mortem public humiliation.
STOCKS
• is a wooden device with holes for the wrist and
legs but not for the head. An offender has to sit
down in order to lock his wrists and legs.
BRIEF HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN
THE PHILIPPINES
• Electric Chair
• as a method of execution was introduced in 1926
during the American Pceupatio Ferdinand Marco
"Article 3%. rune Revised Penal Correas the
provision pertaining to the death penalty.
- 1987 Philippine Constitution - abolished the
death penalty except for heinous crimes, as stated
under Section 19, Article III.
Republic act 7659
• An act to impose the death penalty on certain
heinous crimes, amending for that purpose the
revised penal laws, as amended, other special
penal laws, and for other purposes
Republic Act No. 8177
-approved March 20, 1996
• It is the law that designated lethal injection as the
method for carrying out the capital punishment in
the Philippines.
-Developed in 1924 by an anaesthesiologist in
Nevada. Components of chemicals used in Lethal
Injection are:
1. SODIUM THIOPENTAL - a sleep inducing
barbiturate,
2. PANCURONIUM BROMIDE - a drug capable of
paralyzing the muscles;
3. POTASSIUM CHLORIDE - capable of stopping
heartbeat within seconds and this is commonly
used in Heart-by-pass operations.
Republic Act No. 9346
• the law prohibiting the imposition of the death
penalty. It was approved on June 24, 2006.
CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF
PUNISHMENT
1. Imprisonment / isolation / incarceration /
commitment ! incapacitation- putting the offender
in prison for the purpose of protecting the public
against criminal activities and at the same time
rehabilitating the prisoners by requiring them to
undergo institutional treatment programs.
2. Parole - a conditional release of a prisoner after
serving part of his/her sentence in prison for the
purpose of gradually re-introducing him/her to free
life under the guidance and supervision of a parole
officer.
3. Probation - a disposition whereby a defendant
after conviction of an offense, the penalty of which
does not exceed six years imprisonment, is
released subject to the conditions imposed by the
releasing court and under the supervision of a
probation officer.
4. Fine - a pecuniary amount given as a
compensation for a criminal act.
5. Destierro - the penalty of banishing a person
from the place where he committed a crime,
prohibiting him to get near or enter the 25-kilometer
perimeter.
PENALTY
SOCIAL JUSTIFICATION OF PENALTY
1. PREVENTION - the state shall punish the
criminal to prevent or suppress the danger to the
state arising from the criminal acts of the offender.
2. SELF-DEFENSE - the state has a right to punish
the criminal as a measure of self-defense so as to
protect society from the threat and wrong inflicted
by the criminal
3. REFORMATION - the object of punishment in
criminal cases is to correct and reform the offender
4. EXEMPLARITY - the criminal is punished by the
state as an act to deter others from committing
crimes
5. JUSTICE - that the crime must be punished by
the state as an act of retributive, a vindication of
absolute right and moral violated by the criminal.
PURPOSE OF PENALTY
1. RETRIBUTION OR EXPIATION - the penalty is
commensurate with the gravity of offense as a
matter of payment for the damage done
2. CORRECTIVE OR REFORMATION - as shown
by the rules which regulates the execution of the
penalties consisting in deprivation of liberty, thereby
giving chance for his reformation.
3. SOCIAL DEFENSE - as shown by its inflexible
severity to recidivist and habitual delinquents.
Society must provide the welfare of the people
against any order in the community.
JURIDICAL CONDITIONS (LEGAL REQUISITES)
OF PENALTY
Punishment must be:
1. Productive of suffering - without however
affecting the integrity of the human personality.
2. Commensurate with the offense - different
crimes must be punished with different penalties
(Art. 25, RPC).
3. Personal - the guilty one must be the one to be
punished, no proxy.
4. Legal - the consequence must be in accordance
with the law.
5. Equal - applicable for all persons.
6. Certain - no one must escape its effects.
7. Correctional - changes the attitude of offenders
and become law-abiding citizens.
DURATION OF PENALTIES 3. Monotony - giving the same food that is "off" diet
or requiring the prisoners to perform drab or boring
1. Death Penalty - Capital punishment daily routine.
2. Life imprisonment - life time imprisonment for 4. Uniformity - "we treat the prisoners alike"; "the
Special Penal Law fault of one is the fault of all".
5. Mass Movement - mass living in cell blocks,
AFFLICTIVE PENALTIES mass eating, mass recreation, mass bathing.

3. Reclusion Perpetua - 20 yrs and 1 day up to 40 6. Degradation - uttering insulting words or

years languages on the part of prison staff to the
prisoners to degrade or break the confidence of
4. Reclusion Temporal - 12 yrs and 1 day to 20 prisoners.
years imprisonment
7. Corporal Punishment - imposing brutal
5. Prision Mayor - 6 yrs and 1 day to 12 years punishment or employing physical force to
intimidate a delinquent inmate.
CORRECTIONAL PENALTIES
8. Isolation or Solitary Confinement /
6. Prision Correctional - 6 months and 1 day to 6
BARTOLINA - non-communication, limited news,
years
"the lone wolf"
7. Arresto Mayor - 1 month and 1 day to 6 months
JAIL
LIGHT PENALTIES
It is a place for locking-up persons who are
8. Arresto Menor - 1 day to 30 days
convicted of minor offenses or felonies who are to
9. Bond to Keep the Peace - discretionary on the serve a short sentences imposed upon them by a
part of the court. competent court, or for confinement of persons who
are awaiting trial or investigation of their cases.
CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON
PENALTIES ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JAIL

• The Phil. Constitution directs that excessive fines - It is said to have been derived from the Spanish
shall not be imposed, nor cruel and unusual word JAULA / CAULA which means a CAGE.
penalties when it is so disproportionate to the
- It is also said to have been derived from the
offense committed as to shock the moral sense of
French word GAOL pronounced as "geole", a place
all reasonable men as to what is right and proper
for the arrested criminals.
under the circumstances.
TYPES OF JAILS
PRISON AND JAILS
1. Lock-up Jail
THE TWO RIVAL PRISON SYSTEM IN THE
HISTORY OF CORRECTION Is a security facility, common to police stations,
used for temporary confinement of individual held
1. The Auburn Prison System - the prison system
for investigation.
called the "Congregate System" / GROUP
SYSTEM 2. Ordinary Jails
- The prisoners are confined in their own cells The type of jail commonly used to detain a
during the night and congregate work in shops convicted criminal offender who serves less than
during the day. Complete silence was enforced three years.
HARD WOOD SHOP - A place where prisoners do 3. Workhouse, Jail Farms or Camp
their labor.
Facility that houses minimum custody offenders
2 The Pennsylvania Prison System - the prison who are serving short sentences or those who are
system called "Solitary System" / SILENT SYSTEM undergoing constructive work programs. It fine
/ SEPARATÉ SYSTEM. provides full employment of prisoners, remedial
services and constructive leisure
Prisoners are confined in single cells day and night
where they lived, they slept, and they ate and
receive religious instructions. Complete silence was
also enforced. They are required to read the Bible.
EARLY FORMS OF PRISON DISCIPLINE
1. Hard Labor - productive works
2. Deprivation - deprivation of everything except
the bare essentials of existence

THE SEVEN OPERATING CORRECTIONAL
FACILITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. BILIBID PRISONS
a. OLD BILIBID PRISON (CARCEL Y PRESIDIO
CORRECTIONAL) - the main insular penitentiary
during the Spanish regime. This was constructed in
1847 and was formally inaugurated in 1865 by
virtue of the Royal Decree of the Spanish Crown.
This was located at Azcaraga St. (now Recto Ave.)
then famous "May Haligue Estate" at nearby
Central Market at Oroquieta St. This was
constructed in radical spokes-of-a-wheel form with
a tower in the center spoke for easy command and
control
CARCEL - 600 INMATES' CAPACITY
PRESIDIO - 527 INMATES' CAPACITY
In 1936, the City of Manila exchanged its
Muntinlupa property with that of the Bureau of
Prison lot, the Muntinlupa property was intended as
a site for Boys Training School, but because it was
too far, the City preferred the site of the Old Bilibid
Prison, the present site of Manila City Jail (BJMP)
b. NEW BILIBID PRISON, Muntinlupa City
(Approximately 552 hectares) - this is where the
Bureau of Corrections Central Office is situated.
The New Bilibid Prison has a capacity of 3,000
Prisoners. Within the complex are the three (3)
security camps administered by a Penal
Superintendent and assisted by an Assistant
Superintendent in each camp.
The New Bilibid Prison specializes in the industrial
type of vocational training. It operates a furniture
shop, shoe repair shop, blacksmith and tinsmith
shop, auto mechanics and automobile body
building shop, tailoring, electronics, watch-repair,
carpentry and rattan furniture shop. It is also
engaged in track gardening, poultry, piggery and
animal husbandry.
THE THREE (3) SECURITY CAMPS
a. MAXIMUM SECURITY COMPOUND (Main
Building) is for prisoners whose sentences are 20
years and above, life termers or those under capital
punishment, those with pending cases, those under
disciplinary punishment, those whose cases are on
appeal, those under detention, and those that do
not fall under medium and minimum security status
-wears tangerine shirt
-not allowed to do furlough
This type of institution is characterized by thick all
enclosures, 18 to 25 feet high. On top of the wall
are catwalks along which the guards patrol at night.
At corners and strategic places are tower posts
manned by heavily armed guards.
b. MEDIUM SECURITY COMPOUND (Camp
Sampaquita) is for prisoners whose sentences are
below 20 years (computed from the minimum
sentences per classification interpretation) and
those classified for colony assignment.
This type of institution is usually enclosed by two
layers of wire fence. The inner fence is 12 to 14
feet high with curb and the outer fence is 8 to 12
feet high. The two fences are from 18 to 20 feet
apart. Usually, the top portion of the fence is
provided with barbed wire
c. MINIMUM SECURITY COMPOUND (Camp
Bukang Liwayway) is an open camp with less
restrictions and regimentation. This is for prisoners
who are 65 years old and above, medically certified
as invalids and for those prisoners who have six
months or less to serve before they are released
from prison.
The lethal injection chamber is also located here.
This type of institution is usuall without a fence and
if there is one, its purpose is to keep away the
civilian population from entering the institution
rather than preventing escapes
2. SAN RAMON PRISON AND PENAL FARM,
Zamboanga del Sur
- founded by Capt. Ramon Blanco, a member of the
Spanish Royal Army and named the prison facility
after the patron saint. This was initially intended for
the confinement of political prisoners during
Spanish era. On August 21, 1869, the San Ramon
Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City was
established to confine Muslim rebels and
recalcitrant political prisoners opposed to the
Spanish rule. The facility which faced the Jolo sea
had Spanish-inspired dormitories and was originally
set on a 1,414-hectare sprawling estate.
Land area: Currently approximately 1,546 hectares
Principal product: Copra, rice, coffee, etc
Year established: 1869 - 1870
- 2nd oldest prison after Old Bilibid Prison
San Ramon has an average population of 1,200 By virtue of: Act 3579 which was passed on Nov.
prisoners 27, 1929
3. IWAHIG PRISON AND PENAL FARM (Luhit), Vocational activities: Dress making, beauty culture,
Puerto Princesa, Palawan handicrafts
The Americans established in 1904 the LUHIT Capacity: 200
PENAL SETTLEMENT (now Iwahig Prison and
Penal Farm) on a vast reservation of 28,072 Note: September 18, 2007, it opened a branch in
hectares. It would reach a total land area of 40,000 Mindanao - the Correctional Institution for Women
hectares in the late 1950s. Located on the in Mindanao (CIWM), a satellite prison under the
westernmost part of the archipelago far from the supervision and direction of the Davao Prison and
main town to confine incorrigibles with little hope of Penal Farm administration.
rehabilitation. The area was expanded to 41,007
hectares by virtue of Executive Order No. 67 issued 5. LEYTE REGIONAL PRISON, Abuyog,
by Governor Newton Gilbert on October 15, 1912. Southern Leyte
ENVISIONED BY: Gov. Luke E. Wright Date established: Jan. 16, 1973
ORDERED BY: Gov. William Cameron Forbes Under Proclamation No. 1101
- Envisioned as an institution for incorrigible It is a prison facility which has a receiving and
criminals. The first contingent of prisoners who process station.
were confined here revolted against the
It has three security facilities - maximum, medium,
authorities.The farm is predominantly designed for
minimum.
agro-industrial activities. Within its area are four (4)
sub-colonies: - Because of its terrain, prison agro-industrial
activities could not be fully developed.
1. Central sub-colony
- Youngest prison
2. Inagawan sub-colony
- Built during martial law - Ferdinand Marcos.
3. Montible sub-colony
- Fastest arowing prison
4. Sta. Lucia sub-colony
- Maximum capacity - 500 prisoners
All these colonies are administered by a Penal
Supervisor 6. SABLAYAN PRISON AND PENAL FARM,
Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental
-It administers the Tagumpay Settlement which is
approximately 1, 000 hectares with six hectares - With four sub-colonies within the prison
homestead lots distributed to inmates who desired compound:
to live in the settlement after service of sentence.
1. Central sub-colony
- One of the best open institutions in the world.
2. Pusog sub-clony
Date established: Nov. 16, 1904
3. Pasugui sub-colony
By virtue of: Reorganization Act of 1407
4. Yapang sub-colony
Land area: Approximately 36, 000 hectares -
41,007 (1912) - This penal farm is intended for agro-industrial
activities
Principal product: rice, corn, copra and other forest
product Land area: Approximately 16, 408.5 hectares

- Largest penal colony By virtue of: Proclamation no. 72

- Prison without walls Date established: Sept. 26, 1954

- The most open prison facility Principal product: Rice

- The best and the finest prison -Nearest Penal Colony in Manila

4. CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN,
Mandaluyong City
- The only female institution in the Philippines
-Since 1934, a female Superintendent
assigned to supervise the prison facility.
- LOCATED AT WELFARE VILLE MANDALUYONG
CITY
7. DAVAO PRISON AND PENAL FARM, Tagum,
Davao del Norte
- The Davao Penal Colony was established on
January 21, 1932 in accordance, with Act No.
was 3732 and Proclamation No. 414. series of
1931. With two sub-colonies:
1. Panabo sub-colony

Year established: 1931 2. Kapalong sub-colony

- It administers the Tanglaw Settlement for those
inmates who desire to live within the compound
- 30.000 HECTARES
- First headed by: GEN. PAULINO SANTOS
- Richest and highest income earner
- Biggest Banana and Abaca plantation
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP)
• also referred to as the Jail Bureau created
pursuant to section 60 to 65, chapter V, RA no.
6975 otherwise known as the Department of The
Interior And Local Government Act Of 1990, which
took effect on
January 2, 1991.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263
otherwise known Bureau of Fire Protection and
Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology Professionalization Act of 2004
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9252
• An act extending for five (5) years the
reglementary period for complying with the
minimum educational qualification and appropriate
eligibility in the bureau of fire protection (BFP) and
the bureau of jail management and penology
(BJMP)
BJMP MANUAL
POWERS
The BJMP exercises supervision and control over
all district, city and municipal jails.
Core Values (PROTECS)
1. PROfessionalism
2. Teamwork
3. Efficiency/Competence
4. Self-discipline
FUNCTIONS
a. to enhance and upgrade organizational capability
on a regular basis; thus, making all BJMP
personnel updated on all advancements in law
enforcement eventually resulting in greater crime
solution efficiency and decreased inmate
population;
b. to implement strong security measures for the
control of inmates:
c. to provide for the basic needs of inmates;
d. to conduct activities for the rehabilitation and
development of inmates; and e.to improve jail
facilities and conditions.
OBJECTIVES
a. To improve the living conditions of offenders in
accordance with the accepted standards set by the
United Nations;
b. To enhance the safekeeping, rehabilitation and
development of offenders in preparation for their
eventual reintegration into the mainstream of
society upon their release; and
c. To professionalize jail services
DEFINITION OF TERMS
• Carpeta - otherwise known as "inmate record or
jacket", contains the personal and criminal records
of inmates, documents related to his/her
incarceration such as but not limited to:
commitment order, subpoenas, personal
identification, orders from the court, and all other
papers necessarily connected with the detention of
an inmate.
• Commitment Order - a written order of the court,
or any other agency authorized by law to issue,
entrusting an inmate to a jail for the purpose of
safekeeping during the pendency of his/her case.
• Mittimus Order - a warrant issued by a court
bearing its seal and the signature of the judge,
directing the jail or prison authorities to receive
inmates for the service of sentence
•Conjugal Visitation - refers to the visit by the wife
for a short period, usually an hour, more or less, to
her incarcerated husband during which they are
allowed privacy and are generally understood to
have sexual contact.
• Detainee - a person who is accused before a
court or competent authority and is temporarily
confined in jail while undergoing or awaiting
investigation, trial, or final judgment.
• Inmate - is the generic term used to refer to a
detainee or prisoner.
• Prisoner - an inmate who is convicted by final
judgment.
Contraband - any article, item, or thing prohibited
by law and/or forbidden by jail rules that would
pose as security hazards or endanger the lives of
inmates.
• Illegal Contraband- are those that are unlawful in
themselves and not because of some extraneous
circumstances (i.e. dangerous drugs, weapons,
potential weapons, explosives.
•Nuisance Contraband - are those that may not be
classified as illegal under the Philippine laws but
are forbidden by jail rules i.e. cellphone, money or
other commodities of exchange such as jewelry,
appliances and gadgets, excessive wearing
apparels and sleeping paraphernalia, intoxicating
liquors, cigarettes, pornographic materials,
gambling paraphernalia and other products that are
considered as instruments for vices since they
threaten the security, fire safety, sanitation of the
facility,and the orderly activities of the jail.
• Escape-Prone Inmates - are inmates who are
likelv and have the tendency to escape from the jail
facility.
• Infirmed Inmates - are those inmates who are
physically or mentally weak for a prolonged period
of time specifically caused by age or illness.
• Instrument of Restraint - a device, contrivance,
tool or instrument used to hold back, keep in, check
or control inmates; e.g., handcuffs.
• Jail Incident -any untoward or uncommon
actions, events, or conditions such as jail break,
riot, noise barrage, stabbing or assault upon
personnel that occurs in jail and perpetrated by any
person, which may or may not have followed or
depended upon another action of grave or serious
consequences such as escape, injury, death, fire,
flood, earthquake, or other calamity which affects
the jail
Jailbreak - the escape from jail by more than two
(2) inmates by the use of force, threat, violence or
deceit or by breaching security barriers such as by
scaling the perimeter fence, by tunneling and/or by
other similar means or by burning or destructing of
the facility or a portion of the facility with or without
the aid of jail officer or any other person
• Jail escape - it is an act of leaving from jail of an
inmate through unofficial and illegal ways or without
any legal order from the authorities.
• Reformation - means amending or improving by
changing inmate's behavior or removing his or her
faults or abuse and removing or correcting an
abuse a wrong or error.
• Rehabilitation - a program of activity directed to
restore an inmate's self respect and sense of
responsibility to the community, thereby making
him/her a law-abiding citizen after serving his/her
sentence.
• Safekeeping - refers to the temporary custody of
a person for his/her own protection from the
community he or she comes from, and for the
community he or she comes from
• Sex Offenders - are those inmates who
committed crimes involving sex, including rape,
molestation, pedophilia, sexual harassment and
pornography production or distributions.
• Sexual Deviates - inmates who have a type of
mental disorder characterized by a preference for
or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as
pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism or
inmates whose sexual practices are socially
prohibited.
• Suicidal Inmates - are those inmates who have a
tendency to commit suicide or to harm themselves.
•Bisexual - are those inmates who have a sexual
attraction or sexual behavior toward both males
and females, and may also encompass sexual
attraction to people of any gender identity or to a
person irrespective of that person's biological sex
or gender.
• Gay - is a male homosexual inmate, who
experiences romantic love or sexual attraction to
fellow male inmates
• Lesbian - is a female homosexual inmate, who
experiences romantic love or sexual attraction to
fellow female inmates.
• Transgender - are those inmates whose gender
identity or gender expression does not match with
their innate sexual identity.
COMMITMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF
PRISONERS AND DETAINEES COMMITMENT
• Means entrusting for the confinement of an inmate
to a jail by a competent court or authority, for the
purposes of safekeeping during the pendency of
his/her case.
COURTS AND OTHER ENTITIES AUTHORIZED
TO COMMIT A PERSON TO JAIL
a. Supreme Court;
b. Court of Appeals;
c. Sandiganbayan;
d. Regional Trial Court;
e. Metropolitan/Municipal Trial Court;
f. Municipal Circuit Trial Court;
g. Congress of the Philippines; and
h. All other administrative bodies or persons
authorized by law to arrest and commit a person to
jail
CLASSIFICATION
• It is a process of determining the needs and
requirements of prisoner for assigning them to their
programs according to their needs and existing
resources.
DIVERSIFICATION
• the principle of separating homogenous type of
prisoners that requires special treatment.
Seperation can be done through proper
classification of inmate.
CATEGORIES OF INMATES
The two (2) general categories of inmates are:
a. Prisoner - inmate who is convicted by final
judgment; and
b. Detainee - inmate who is undergoing
investigation/trial or awaiting final judgment.
CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS
The four (4) main classes of prisoners are:
a. Insular Prisoner - one who is sentenced to a
prison term of three (3) years and one (1) day to
Reclusion Perpetua or Life imprisonment;
b. Provincial Prisoner - one who is sentenced to a
prison term of six (6) months and one (1) day to
three (3) years;
c. City Prisoner - one who is sentenced to a prison
term of one (1) day to three (3) years; and
d. Municipal Prisoner - one who is sentenced to a
prison term of one (1) day to six (6) months.
CLASSIFICATION OF DETAINEES (FIT)
a. Awaiting final judgment.
b. Undergoing investigation; and
c. Awaiting or undergoing trial
INMATES SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
• a. High Profile Inmate - 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
personalitv.
b. High Risk Inmate - 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.
c. High Value Target (HVT) - 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 obiective for a mission and which a commander
requires for the successful completion of the same.
d. Security Threat Group - 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.
e. Subversive Group - a group of persons that
adopts or advocates subversive principles or
policies tending to overthrow or undermine an
established government.
f. Terrorist Group - a 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 anti highway robbery, illegal and
unlawful possession, manufacture, dealing in,
acquisition or disposition of firearms, ammunitions
or explosives.
g. Violent Extremist Offender (VEO) - 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.
h. Medium Risk Inmates -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.
i. Minimum Risk Inmates (Ordinary Inmates) -
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.
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMITMENT
No person shall be committed to any jail facility
without the following required documents:
a. Commitment Order;
b. Medical Certificate - recent medical certificate
taken within 24 hours prior to admission;
c. Complaint/Information;
d. Police Booking Sheet; and
e. Certificate of Detention from PNP and/or NBI.
RECEPTION PROCEDURES
1. GATER
• He or she checks the credentials of the person
bringing the inmate/the committing officer to
determine his/her identity and authority. Also, he or
she reviews the completeness of the following
documents before the person bringing an
inmate/the committing officer is allowed to enter the
facility. The documents mentioned earlier refer to
the:
• Commitment Order;
• Medical Certificate - recent medical certificate
taken within 24 hours prior to admission;
• Complaint/Information;
• Police Booking Sheet; and
Certificate of Detention from PNP and/or NBI.
2. RECORDS UNIT
• This unit examines the completeness and
authenticity of the requirements for Commitment
(Commitment Order, Booking Sheet, Arrest Report
and Information) before it refers the inmate for
physical examination by the Health Unit.
3. HEALTH UNIT
• Checks the authenticity of the entries in the
medical certificate; conducts thorough physical
examination of the inmate to determine his or her
true physical condition; and asks searching
questions to determine injury/injuries found to have
been sustained by the inmate after the conduct of
medical examination or those injuries not
diagnosed prior to commitment in jail.
• In case of any discrepancy found during physical
examination but same discrepancy is not indicated
in the medical certificate, the committing officer
shall be required to secure another medical
certificate of the inmate.
If no discrepancy is found during physical
examination, the inmate shall be referred back to
the Records Unit.
4. RECORDS UNIT
1. Start the booking procedures:
a. Accomplish the jail booking sheet;
b. Strip-search the inmate to check for any birth
marks, tattoos, etc;
c. Encode the inmate's information to the NIMS;
d. Fingerprint and photograph the inmate with mug
shot background; and
e. List the names of the visitors authorized by the
inmate.
2. Apprise the inmate in a dialect that he/she
understands of the provisions of Art 29 of the RPC
which was further amended by R.A. 10592;
Facilitate the signing of the Detainee's
Manifestation if he/she agrees to abide by the same
disciplinary rules imposed upon convicted inmates.
Otherwise, the warden issues a certification under
oath manifesting that the inmate was apprised of
the provision of Art 29 of the RPC as amended and
refused to abide by the same
5. PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
1. Checks the inmate's belongings for presence of
contraband. Discovery of any contraband shall be
policies. treated in accordance with existing
2. Takes all cash and other personal properties
from the inmate, lists them down on a receipt form
with duplicate, duly signed by him/her and
countersigned by the inmate. The original receipt
should be given to the inmate and the duplicate be
kept by the Property Custodian.
3. Keeps all cash and other valuables of the inmate
in a safety vault.
Said cash and valuables may be turned over to any
person authorized by the inmate.
4. Refers the inmate to the desk officer.
6. DESK OFFICER
• books the newly committed inmate in the jail
blotter: assigns the inmate to a reception area, it
any, where he/she shall be scheduled for
orientation on jail rules and regulation, and shall
undergo risk assessment and classification,
evaluation and conduct of further medical
evaluation/screening by the Medical Officer
7. ASSISTANT WARDEN OR OFFICER OF THE
DAY
Orients the newly committed inmates on jail rules
and regulations using the Inmate's Orientation
Sheet.
8. JAIL WARDEN
Coordinates with concerned agencies regarding the
case of inmate for speedy disposition and to furnish
them with copies of the available needed
documents.
CLASSIFICATION BOARD
Each jail shall maintain a classification board, if
facilities and personnel are available, to be
composed of the following
Chairperson - Assistant Warden
• Member - Chief, Custodial/Security Office
• Member - Medical Officer/Public Health Officer
• Member - Jail Chaplain
• Member - Inmates Welfare and Development
Officer
CLASSIFICATION PROCESS
1. Admission of Inmate
Once the inmate has undergone the registration
process; he/she will be temporarily housed at the
Inmate Classification and Counseling Unit (ICCU)
in jails where it is available. The inmate shall stay at
the ICCU for a minimum period of thirty (30) days
but not exceeding sixty (60) days or until the
completion of the classification process. At the
ICCU. the newly committed inmate will undergo
assessment by the different health professionals.
2. Medical Examination
3. Dental Examination
4. Psychological Examination
5. Social Case Study - The jail social worker at the
ICCU shall conduct in-depth interview with the
newly admitted inmate, an interview that considers
the "who the inmate is" from birth up to the present
including his/her familial, educational, social,
vocational and other issues that has an impact on
his/her personality.
6. Risk Assessment - A risk assessment tool shall
be utilized to determine the level of violence/risk the
inmate poses, either external or internal.
7. Psychiatric Evaluation - to determine the
present mental state of the inmate and to diagnose
any existing psychiatric illness for further treatment
8. Case Management - The case manager shall be
responsible for the consolidation of all the results
and shall make the proper decision as to the
classification of the inmates and the identification
development programs for each inmate.
9. Inmate Orientation and Counseling - inmate
shall be oriented on the basic jail rules and
regulations.
10. Inmate Evaluation and Classification -
inmate will now be classified based on the level of
risk and present physical, mental and
emotionalstate.
11. Proper Cell Assignment and Development
Plans
12. The newly committed inmate is encouraged
to participate in the recommended development
programs.
13. Monitoring
DISCIPLINARY BOARD
Chairperson - Assistant Warden
• Member - Chief, Custodial/Security Office
• Member - Medical Officer/Public Health Officer
• Member - Jail Chaplain
• Member - Inmates Welfare and Development
Officer
• Member - Inmates' Representative
If the above composition is not feasible because of
personnel limitation, the warden shall perform the
board's functions and he shall act as the summary
disciplinary officer.
AUTHORIZED DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
MEASURES FOR INMATES
1. For Detainees:
a. Admonition or verbal reprimand;
b. Restitution or reparation;
c. Temporary or permanent cancellation of all or
some recreational privileges;
d. Reduction of visiting time;
e. Close confinement in a cell for a period not
exceeding seven (7) days in any calendar month,
provided that this disciplinary action shall be
imposed only in the case of an incorrigible inmate,
and when other disciplinary measures had been
proven ineffective; and
f. Transfer to another BJMP jail in the area, in
coordination with the Court.
For Prisoners:
a. Admonition or verbal reprimand;
b. Restitution or reparation;
c. Additional job functions/community service within
the jail premises;
d. Temporary or permanent cancellation of some or
all recreational privileges;
e. Reduction of visiting time;
f. Close confinement in a cell for a period not
exceeding seven (7) days in any calendar month,
provided that this disciplinary action shall be
imposed only in the case of an incorrigible inmate,
and when other disciplinary measures had been
proven ineffective;
E transter to another BJMP jail in the area in
coordination with the
h. Suspension of visiting privileges for a period
not exceeding one (1) month, provided that this
sanction shall not apply to the lawver. physician or
religious minister serving the needs of the prisoner.
i. Permanent cancellation of visiting. privileges
with respect to persons not included in the
definition of immediate family under RA 7438,
provided that this sanction shall not apply to the
lawyer, physician or religious minister serving the
needs of the prisoner.
In addition to the above-mentioned punishment, the
disciplinary board may recommend to the warden
partial or full forfeiture of good conduct time
allowance (GCTA) to be earned for a particular
month and subsequent months depending upon the
gravity of the offenses.
MODES AND GUIDELINES
FOR RELEASE
• An inmate may be released through:
a. Service of sentence;
b. Order of the Court;
/ c. Parole;
d. Pardon; and
e. Amnesty.
-Before an inmate is released, he/she shall be
properly identified to ensure that he/she is the
same person received and is subiect of release.
-No inmate shall be released on a mere verbal
order or an order relayed via telephone.
-Upon proper verification from the court of the
authenticity of the order, an inmate shall be
released promptly and without unreasonable delay;
-Under proper receipt, all money earned, other
valuables held and entrusted by the inmate upon
admission, shall be returned to him/her upon
release;
-The released inmate shall be issued a certification
of discharge from jail by the warden or his/her
authorized representative
PROCEDURE ON RELEASING
1. Desk Officer
• Upon receipt of release order, the desk officer
shall coordinate with the paralegal officer for
verification of the authenticity of said order.
2. Paralegal Officer
• Verifies the authenticity of the release order.
3. Records/Admin Officer
a. Starts processing inmate's release.
b. Checks inmate records to ensure that the data in
the release order coincide with the data in the
inmate's carpeta (spelling of name, offense,
Criminal Case Number, etc.).
c. Checks that the inmate has no other pending
case/s.
d. Routes the release paper to different signatories
4. Property Custodian
1. Checks on the receipt of property and returns to
the inmate his/her deposited items.
2. Makes sure that returned items of the inmate are
duly received and properly recorded.
5. Desk Officer
• Records the release of inmate and the condition
of the inmate upon his/her release.
6. Jail Warden
• Reports to concerned agencies/persons the
release of inmate for aftercare program.
DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
DISCIPLINARY BOARD
• The Board is tasked to investigate the facts of an
alleged misconduct referred to it. It shall hold
sessions as often as necessary in a room, which
may be provided for the purpose.
All cases referred to it shall be heard and decided
within forty-eight (48) hours from the date of receipt
of the case.
PROCEDURES IN THE HEARING OF
DISCIPLINARY CASES
Note:
• Upon submission of the complaint to the desk
officer, he/she will submit a written report to the
warden and the latter will direct the investigation
unit to conduct an investigation within 24 hours.
• If no sufficient ground - warden will dismiss the
case
• If minor violations - warden
• If less for grave or grave violations-warden will
endorse it to disciplinary board for hearing or
decided to in himself/herself summary disciplinary
officer in the absence of the latter
Decisions of the board are subject to review and
approval by the warden whose decision should be
final and executory.
PUNISHABLE ACTS
1. MINOR OFFENSES:
a. Selling or bartering with fellow inmate(s) those
items not classified as contraband;
b. Rendering personal service to fellow
inmate(s);
c. Untidy or dirty personal appearance
d. Littering or failing to maintain cleanliness and
orderliness in his/her quarters and/or surroundings;
e. Making frivolous or groundless complaints;
f. Taking the cudgels for or reporting complaints on
behalf of other inmates;
g. Reporting late for inmate formation and inmate
headcount without justifiable reasons; and
h. Willful waste of food.
2. LESS GRAVE OFFENSES:
a. Failure to report for work detail without sufficient
justification;
b. Failure to render assistance to an injured
personnel or inmate;
c. Failure to assist in putting out fires inside the jail;
d. Behaving improperly or acting boisterously
during religious, social and other group functions;
e. Swearing, cursing or using profane or
defamatory language directed at other persons;
f. Malingering or pretending to be sick to skip work
assignment;
g. Spreading rumors or malicious intrigues to
besmirch the honor of any person, particularly
BJMP personnel;
h. Failure to stand at attention and give due respect
when confronted by or reporting to any BJMP
personnel;
i. Forcing fellow inmates to render personal service
to him/her and/or to others;
i. Exchanging uniforms or wearing clothes other
than those issued to him/her for the purpose of
circumventing jail rules;
k. Loitering or being in an unauthorized place;
1. Using the telephone without authority from the
desk
m. Writing, defacing, or drawing on walls, floors or
any furniture or equipment;
n. Withholding information, which may be inimical
or prejudicial to the jail administration;
o. Possession of lewd or pornographic literature
and/or photographs;
p. Absence from cell, brigade, place of work during
headcount. or at an time without justifiable reason:
and
q. Failure to turn over any implement/article/s
issued after work detail.
3. GRAVE OFFENSES:
a. Making untruthful statements or lies in any
official communication, transaction, or investigation;
b. Keeping or concealing keys or locks of places in
the jail which are off-limits to inmates;
v. Engaging in gambling or any game of chance;
w. Committing any act which violates any law or
ordinance, in which case, helshe shall be
prosecuted criminally in accordance with law; and
X. Committing any act prejudicial to good order and
discipline.
• MINOR
- bartering and vending
- personal services

c. Giving gifts, selling, or bartering items with jail - untidy appearance

personnel; - littering
d. Keeping in his/her possession money, jewelry, - groundless complaints
cellular phones or other communication devices
and other items classified as contraband under the - reporting complaints on behalf of another
rules;
- late in headcount
e. Tattooing others or allowing him/her to be
- waste of food
tattooed on any part of the body, or keeping any
paraphernalia to be used in tattooing; • LESS GRAVE
f. Forcibly taking or extorting money from fellow - absent in prison labor
inmates and visitors;
- failure to render assistance to an injured
g. Punishing or inflicting injury or any harm upon personnel or inmate in putting fires in jail
himself/herself or other inmates;
- improper behavior during religious, social event
h. Receiving, keeping, taking or drinking liquor and
prohibited drugs; - profanity

i. Making, improvising or keeping any kind of deadly - malingering (pretend to be ill)

weapon; - spreading rumors
i. Concealing or withholding information on plans of - failure to give due respect to bjmp
attempted escapes;
- forcing to render personal service
k. Unruly conduct and flagrant disregard for
discipline and instructions; - exchanging uniforms
I. Escaping, attempting or planning to escape from - loitering
the institution or from any guard; m. Helping, aiding
or abetting others to escape; - unauthorized use of telephone

n. Fighting, causing any disturbance or participating - vandalism

therein and/or agitating to cause such disturbance - witholding information
or riot;
- lewd or pornographic lit and pic
o. Indecent. immoral or lascivious acts bv
himself/herself or others and/or allowing - absent in headcount
himself/herself to be the subject of such indecent,
immoral or lascivious acts; - failure to turn over any implement, articles after
work detail
p. Willful disobedience to a lawful order issued by
any BJMP personnel; • GRAVE

q. Assaulting any BJMP personnel; - malicious lying

r. Damaging any government property or - keeping or concealing keys or locks

equipment; colarticinaticlein kandarisrecart, an una - direct/indirect bribery
uternveradon or quar procedures as a mock court
by the inmates in a jail/prison; - possession of contrabands

t. Affiliating with any gang or faction whose main - tatting others or nagpapatattoo
purpose is to foment regionalism or to segregate
- extortion
themselves from others;
-punishing or inflicting injury or harm to self or
u. Failing to inform the authorities concerned when
others
afflicted with any communicable disease, such as
tuberculosis, sexually-transmitted diseases, etc.; - concealing info about attempt to escape
- unruly conduct and flagrant disregard for
discipline and instruction
- escaping, attempting or planning to escape
- helping others to escape
- fighting or causing disturbance
- indecent. immoral lascivious act
- willful disobedience to lawful order
- assaulting BJMP
- damaging property or equipment
- kangaroo court
- gang to form regionalism
- concealing any communicable disease,
- gambling
- acts violating law
- prejudicial to good order and discipline
*warden who tolerates will be immediately relieved
*INMATES COUNT
It is imperative that at specified times during each
24-hour period, all inmates are physically counted.
For this type of count, the general procedures are
as follows:
a. Count each inmate physically at specified times
or as necessary;
b. During the count, ensure that all movements of
inmates are stopped until the count is completed;
c. The count must be accurate. Make a positive
verification to ascertain that the inmates are
physically present. Refrain from conducting a count
on the basis of only having seen any part of his
clothing, hair or shoes;
d. Submit a report of each count of a group of
inmates to the warden and/or assistant warden
(officer of the day); and
e. If the total jail count does not tally with the total
jail population at any given time, conduct another
count.
Render an immediate report to the warden and/or
assistant warden (officer of the day) relative to any
unaccounted inmate.
NOTE:
Conduct regular count of inmates at least five to six
(5-6) times within a 24-hour period and strictly
implement the established procedures in counting
inmates
RULES TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN
TRANSPORTING INMATES
NOTES:
• Whenever possible, transfer shall only be made
during daytime;
• Long distance transport of one (1) or more
inmates shall be escorted by a minimum of three
(3) escort personnel and a back-up vehicle, if
available;
The most direct and shortest route to the
destination shall be taken and no deviation shall be
allowed except when security consideration
requires otherwise
Team leader of the escort personnel must be
equipped with a two-way radio and/or a mobile
phone;
• Using rented vehicle shall not be allowed when
transporting inmates; Escort personnel shall be the
first ones to disembark from the vehicle and shall
position in a safe distance to ensure clear vision of
disembarking inmates. However, when boarding
the vehicle, it should be the inmate who shall first
board the vehicle,
• Escort personnel are justified in using deadly
force to protect themselves and/or the inmate/s
from ambush or any deadly attack while in
transport;
• Maximum security measure shall be observed at
all times in providina escort to high risk. high profile
inmates and VEO's following the ratio of one is to
one plus one escort supervisor;
• The driver shall not leave the vehicle while in
court or other authorized destination and be
watchful of any suspicious individual;
• To avoid unnecessary stops while in transit,
inmates should have relieved themselves from
personal necessity;
CONDUCT OF BODY SEARCHES ON JAIL
VISITORS
PURPOSE AND SCOPE
-This SOP aims to provide adequate safeguards
against the introduction of contraband into jail
facilities and to establish guidelines for different
types of searches. All searches should be
conducted in a professional manner, without
violating the legal rights of visitors/inmates and with
due respect and regard to human dignity
BODY SEARCHES ON JAIL VISITORS
1. PAT/FRISK SEARCH - is a search wherein the
officer pats or squeezes the subject's clothing to
attempt to detect contraband. For same gender
searches the Pat/Frisk search is normally
accomplished in concert with Rub Search.
2. RUB SEARCH - is a search wherein the officer
rubs and/or pats the subject's body over the
clothing, but in a more intense and thorough
manner. In a rub search, the genital, buttocks, and
breast (of females) areas are carefully rubbed-
areas, which are not searched in a frisk/pat search.
Rub searches shall not be conducted on cross-
gender individuals.
3. STRIP SEARCH - is a search, which involves the
visual inspection of disrobed or partially disrobed
subject.
4. VISUAL BODY CAVITY SEARCH - is a search,
which involves the inspection of the anus and/or
vaginal area, generally requiring the subject to
bend over and spread the cheeks of the buttocks;
to squat and/or otherwise expose body cavity
orifices
GREYHOUND FORCE
• It aims to eliminate in all BJMP manned facilities
any form of contrabands that could have adverse
implications on overall administration of the
facilities and to ultimately establish order in all jails,
promote operational efficiency and encourage
adherence to prescribed operating policies.
**Oplan Galugad -
BUCOR
QUICK RESPONSE TEAM (QRT)
• It is created purposely to respond immediately
and efficiently and to contain, control, and solve in
the shortest possible time any form of jail
incidents/disturbance while waiting for the arrival of
reinforcement from the National/Regional STAR
team/s and friendly forces.
• Shall be under the command and control of the jail
warden, or in his absence, the assistant warden or
the most senior JCO/JNCO
NOTE:
SPECIAL TACTICS AND REPONSE (STAR)
TEAM
It is an elite tactical unit trained to perform high-risk
operations that falls outside the operational abilities
of the regular BJMP personnel and is equipped with
specialized skills and sophisticated firearms and
equipment
A ready force is composed of highly trained BJMP
personnel and experts in dealing with high risk,
high profile inmates and VEO's, as well as in
controlling critical jail disturbance and incidents
USE OF FORCE CONTINUUM
escalating level of force commencing from no force,
to non-deadly force and ultimately, to deadly force.
NATIONAL INMATES' MONITORING SYSTEM
(NIMS)
• A dynamic stand-alone client application software
is used in Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) Jails nationwide in automating
the inmates' records
BJMP MANNING LEVEL
1. Escort ratio - 1:1+1 (High risk, High profile, VEO)
2. Court room - 2:1
3. Long distance travel - 1:3
4. Custodial - 1:7
5. Reformation officer - 1:24
Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR)
-an agency under the Department of Justice (DOJ,
tasked to effectively rehabilitate and safekeep
national prisoners sentenced to more than three (3)
years,
-It was formerly called Bureau of Prisons
• It was renamed Bureau of Corrections under
Executive Order No. 292 of the Administrative Code
of 1987 to emphasize the shift in its primary goal
from punitive to rehabilitative approach.
Republic Act 10575
• otherwise known as the Bureau of Corrections Act
of 2013 which was signed on 24 May 2013,
provides for the modernization, professionalization
and restructuring of the Bureau
BUCOR MANUAL
PURPOSE OF CONFINEMENT
a. to segregate him from society; and
b. to rehabilitate him so that upon his return to
society he shall be a responsible and law-abiding
citizen.
BASIC PRINCIPLES
a. Seek to promote discipline and to secure the
reformation and safe custody of inmates.
b. Shall be applied impartially, without
discrimination on grounds of race, color, sex,
language, religion or other opinion, national or
social origin, property, birth or other status.
c. Shall be enforced with firmness but tempered
with understanding.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
•CARPETA- refers to the institutional record of an
inmate which consists of his mittimus/commitment
order, the prosecutor's information and the decision
of the trial court, including that the appellate court, if
any;
PRISON RECORD- refers to information
concerning an inmate's personal circumstances,
the offense he committed, the sentence imposed,
the criminal case numbers in the trial and appellate
courts, the date he commenced service of his
sentence, the date he was received for
confinement, the place of confinement, the date of
expiration of his sentence, the number of previous
convictions, if any, and his behavior or conduct
while in prison.
ADMISSION AND CONFINEMENT OF INMATES
Reception and Diagnostic Center
• There shall be a Reception and Diagnostic Center
(NOW DRD/ Directorate for Reception and
Diagnostics) in every prison which shall receive,
study and classify inmates and detainees
committed to the Bureau.
Quarantine
• Upon admission in the Reception and Diagnostic
Center, an inmate shall be placed in quarantine for
at least five (5) days during which he shall be
a. given a physical examination to determine any
physical illness or handicap or mental ailment and
to segregate those suspected of having an
infectious or contagious disease. If found sick, the
inmate shall be immediately confined in the prison
hospital;
b. oriented with prison rules; and
c. interviewed by a counselor, social worker or
other program staff officers. The interview shall be
conducted in private.
ADMISSION AND CONFINEMENT OF INMATES
• Assignment of inmate
• After the quarantine period, the inmate shall
remain in the Reception and Diagnostic Center for
a period not exceeding fifty-five (55) days where he
shall undergo psychiatric, psychological,
sociological, vocational, educational and religious
and other examinations.
• The results of said examinations shall be the
basis for the inmate's individualized treatment
program. Thereafter, he shall be assigned to a
prison facility as may be recommended by the
Chief of the Reception and Diagnostic Center.
ADMISSION OF INMATES
An inmate shall be admitted in the Reception and
Diagnostic Center of a prison upon presentation of
the following documents:
a. Mittimus/Commitment Order of the court;
b. Information and Court decision in the case;
c. Certification of detention, if any; and
d. Certification that the case of the inmate is not on
appeal.
• A female inmate shall be received only at the CIW.
REGISTRATION BOOK
A prison shall keep abound registration book
wherein all commitments shall be recorded
chronologically.
The register shall contain the following entries:
a. Name of the inmate;
b. Reason for commitment and the authority
therefor;
c. Sentence;
d. Date and hour of admission; and
e. Date and hour of discharge or transfer and basis
therefor.
THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS
DIAGNOSIS - inmates case history is taken and his
personality is studied
TREATMENT PLANNING - formulation of tentative
treatment program best suited to the needs of the
person
EXECUTION OF TREATMENT PROGRAM - actual
application of the treatment program
RECLASSIFICATION - process of monitoring the
response of the prisoner to the treatment program
and conduct review to the previous finding
compared to new information available.
THE RDC STAFF AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
• Psychiatrist
- examines the prisoner and prepares an abstract
of his findings. The abstract includes a brief
statement of the mental and emotional make-up of
the individual with particular reference to
abnormalities of the nervous system and the
presence of psychoses, psychopathic behavior,
neurotic tendencies, paranoid trends and other
special abnormalities.
• Psychologist - interviews the man and
administers tests. The psychological abstract
presents a statement of the psychologist's findings
with regard to the mental level, general and special
abilities, interests and skills of the prisoner.
Sociologist
- the prisoner is interviewed by the sociologist.
Additional information is obtained through
correspondence with the prisoner's friends,
relatives, and social agencies.
• Education Officer or Counselor - the prisoner is
interviewed by the educational officer in order to
determine his educational strengths and
weaknesses and to recommend suitable
educational program for him.
• Vocational Counselor - the vocational counselor,
by interview, obtains a record of the man's former
employment and tests the man to determine his
general and special abilities, interests and skills.
• The Chaplain - The inmate is interviewed by the
Chaplain and he is encouraged to participate in
religious worship.
• Medical Officer - a complete physical
examination is given each inmate at which time his
medical history is obtained. The examination
covers the major organs of the body, such as the
lungs and the heart, and includes tests of the blood
and sense organs.
- Custodial-Correctional Officer - the Chief of the
correctional unit prepares the custodial officer's
abstract which includes all significant observations
made by the correctional officers of the inmate's
behavior and interactions to various situations in
the dormitory, place of recreation, work
assignments, etc.
CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES
• Classification Board. -
Every prison shall have a Classification Board that
shall classify inmates in accordance with this
Chapter.
The Board shall be composed of the following:
Chairman: Superintendent
Vice-chairman: Chief, Reception and Diagnostic
Center Members:
• Medical Officer
• Chief. Education Section
• Chief, Agro-Industries Section Secretarv:
• Chief Overseer
INMATES; HOW CLASSIFIED
• Inmates shall be classified as to security status
and as to entitlement to prison privileges.
CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES AS TO
SECURITY RISK
An inmate shall be assigned to any of the following
security groups:
A. MAXIMUM SECURITY- This shall include highly
dangerous or high security risk inmates as
determined by the Classification Board who require
a high degree of control and supervision.
Under this category are
i. those sentenced to death;
it. those whose minimum sentence is twenty (20)
years imprisonment;
ili. remand inmates or detainees whose sentence is
twenty (20) years and above and those whose
sentences are under review by the Supreme Court
or the Court of Appeals; iv. those with pending
cases;
v. recidivists, habitual delinquents and escapees;
vi. those confined at the Reception and Diagnostic
center;
vii. those under disciplinary punishment or
safekeeping; andviii. those who are criminally
insane or those with severe personality or
emotional disorders that make them dangerous to
fellow inmates or the prison staff.
B. MEDIUM SECURITY - This shall include those
who cannot be trusted in less-secured areas and
those whose conduct or behavior require minimum
supervision. Under this category are -
i. those whose minimum sentence is less than
twenty (20) years imprisonment;
it. remand inmates or detainees whose sentences
are below twenty (20) years;
ill. those who are eighteen (18) years of age and
below, regardless of the case and sentence;
iv. those who have two (2) or more records of
escapes. They can be classified as medium
security inmates if they have served eight (8 years
since they were recommitted. Those with one (1)
record of escape must serve five (5) years; and
v. first offenders sentenced to life imprisonment.
They may be classified as medium security if they
have served five (5) years a maximum security
prison or less upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent. Those who were detained in a city
and/or provincial jail shall not be entitled to said
classification.
C. MINIMUM SECURITY - This shall include those
who can be reasonably trusted to serve their
sentences under less restricted conditions. Under
this category are -
i. those with a severe physical handicap as certified
by the chief medical officer of the prison;
it. those who are sixty-five (65) years old and
above, without pending case and whose
convictions are not on appeal;
ili. those who have served one-half (1/2) of their
minimum sentence or one-third (1/3) of their
maximum sentence, excluding Good Conduct Time
Allowance (GCTA) as provided in Chapter 4, Part lIl
hereof; and
iv. Those who have only six (6) months more to
serve before the expiration of their maximum
sentence.
COLOR OF UNIFORM AS TO SECURITY
CLASSIFICATION
• The color of the uniform of an inmate shall be
based on his security classification, as follows:
a. Maximum security - tangerine
b. Medium security - blue
c. Minimum security - brown
d. Detainee - gray
CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES AS TO
ENTITLEMENT TO PRIVILEGES
Inmates shall be classified as follows to determine
their entitlement to prison privileges:
a. Detainee;
b. Third Class inmate - one who has either been
previously committed for three (3) or more times as
a sentenced inmate, except those imprisoned for
non-payment of a fine and those who had been
reduced from a higher class;
c. Second Class inmate - a newly arrived inmate;
an inmate demoted from first class; or one
promoted from the third class;
d. First Class inmate - one whose known
character and credit for work while in detention
earned assignment to this class upon
commencement of sentence; or one who has been
promoted from the second class;
e. Colonist.
 Colonist
- The Director may, upon the recommendation of
the Classification Board, classify an inmate who
has the following qualifications as a colonist:
1. at least a first class inmate;
2. has served one year immediately preceding the
completion of the period specified in the following
qualifications; and
3. has served imprisonment with good conduct for a
period equivalent to one-fifth of the maximum term
of his prison sentence, or seven years in the case
of a life sentence.
PRIVILEGES OF A COLONIST
A colonist shall have the following privileges:
a. credit of an additional GCTA of five (5) days for
each calendar month while he retains said
classification aside from the regular GCTA
authorized under Article 97 of the Revised Penal
Code;
b. automatic reduction of the life sentence imposed
on the colonist to a sentence of thirty (30) years;
c. subject to the approval of the Director, to have
his wife and children, or the woman he desires to
marry, live with him in the prison and penal farm.
Transportation expenses of the family going to and
the discharge of the colonist from the prison and
penal farm shall be for the account of the
government. The family may avail of all prison
facilities such as hospital, church and school free of
charge. All the members of the family of a colonist
shall be subject to the rules governing the prison
and penal farm;
PRIVILEGES OF A COLONIST
d. as a special reward to a deserving colonist, the
issuance of a reasonable amount of clothing and
ordinarily household supplies from the government
commissary in addition to free subsistence; and
e. to wear civilian clothes on such special
occasions as may be designated by the
Superintendent.
INMATES WHO ARE SPOUSES
Husband and wife inmates may be allowed to serve
their sentence together in a prison and penal farm
as soon as both are classified as colonists.
REVOCATION OF COLONIST STATUS
The grant of colonist status may, for cause, be
revoked at any time by the Superintendent with the
approval of the Director.
TRANSFER OF INMATES
TRANSFER OF INMATE TO ANOTHER PRISON -
An inmate may be transferred by the Director upon
the recommendation of the Superintendent
concerned to another prison facility to bring said
inmate closer to his family or as part of his
rehabilitation program.
TRANSFER OF INSANE INMATES - An inmate
who has been confirmed to be mentally abnormal
or insane may be transferred to a mental hospital
with the approval of the Director.
TRANSFER OF INMATES TO A PROVINCIAL
JAIL AND VICE VERSA - The President of the
Philippines may direct, as the occasion may
require, the transfer of inmates from a national
prison to a provincial jail, or vice versa. The
expenses for such transfers shall be borne by the
Bureau except the cost of escort service which
shall be provided by the Philippine National Police.
OUTSIDE MOVEMENT OF INMATES
The Superintendent of a prison may authorize an
inmate to be taken out of prison in the following
instances:
a. to appear in court or other government agency
as directed by competent authority;
b. for medical examination/treatment or
hospitalization in an outside clinic or hospital; or
c. to view the remains of a deceased relative
• OUTSIDE MOVEMENT OF DEATH CONVICT -
A death convict shall not be allowed to leave his
place of confinement_except for the urgent
treatment or diagnosis of a life-threatening or
serious ailment, if the diagnosis cannot be done or
the treatment provided in the prison hospital.
• BASIS OF COURT APPEARANCE
The court appearance of an inmate shall be based
on a subpoena issued by the court as endorsed by
the Director.
APPLICATION TO VIEW THE REMAINS OF A
DECEASED RELATIVE; SUPPORTING
DOCUMENTS
A minimum or medium security inmate may, upon
written application, be allowed by the
Superintendent to view the remains of the following
relatives upon written application and submission of
the original or certified true copies of the death
certificate, the burial permit and the documents
specified hereunder:
a. Wife or husband (marriage certificate);
b. Child (birth certificate of child and marriage
certificate of the inmate);
c. Brother/sister (birth certificate of brother/sister
and birth certificate of the inmate);
d. Father/mother (birth certificate of the inmate);
e. Grandchild (birth certificate of grandchild and of
the latter's parent who may be son or daughter of
the Inmate.
f. Grandparent (birth certificate of the inmate and of
his/her parent who is the son/daughter of the
deceased grandparent).
Note: Application
3 days- BJMP
2 days- BUCOR
DURATION OF PRIVILEGE
The inmate may be allowed more or less three (3)
hours to view the deceased relative in the place
where the remains lie in state but shall not be
allowed to pass any other place in transit, or to join
the funeral cortege.
DISTANCE OF TRAVEL
The privilege may be enjoyed only if the deceased
relative is in a place within a radius of thirty (30)
kilometers by road from the prison. Where the
distance is more than thirty (30) kilometers, the
privilege may be extended if the inmate can leave
and return to his place of confinement during the
daylight hours of the same day.
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF AN INMATE
RIGHTS OF AN INMATE - An inmate shall have
the following basic rights:
a. to receive compensation for labor he performs;
b. to be credited with time allowances for good
conduct and loyalty;
c. to send and receive mail matter;
d. to practice his religion or observe his faith;
e. to receive authorized visitors;
f. to ventilate his grievances through proper
channels; and
g. to receive death benefits and pecuniary aid for
injuries.
PRIVILEGES OF AN INMATE
The following privileges shall also be extended to
an inmate:
a. Attend or participate in any entertainment or
athletic activity within the prison reservation;
b. Read books and other reading materials in the
library;
c. Smoke cigar and cigarettes, except in prohibited
places;
d. Participate in civic, religious and other activities
authorized by prison authorities; and
e. Receive gifts and prepared food from visitors
subject to inspection.
RIGHTS OF A DETAINEE
A detainee may, aside from the rights and privileges
enjoyed by a finally convicted inmate, wear civilian
clothes and to grow his hair in his customary style.
PRISON LABOR
PRISON LABOR OF FINALLY CONVICTED
INMATE - A finally convicted able bodied inmate
may be required to work at least eight
(8 hours a day, except on Sundays and legal
holidays, in and about the prison, public buildings,
grounds, roads, and other public works of the
national government. In the interest of the service,
however, they may be required to work on excepted
days.
PRISON LABOR OF DETAINEE - A detainee may
not be required to work in prison. However, he may
be made to police his cell and perform such other
labor as may be deemed necessary for hygienic or
sanitary reasons.
FEMALE INMATE - A female inmate shall only be
assigned to work on jobs suitable to her age and
physical condition. She shall be supervised only by
women officers.
OLD INMATE - An inmate over sixty (60) years of
age may be excused from mandatory labor.
PLACE OF WORK ASSIGNMENT - Only medium
and minimum security inmates may be assigned to
work in agricultural field projects within a prison
reservation.
Maximum security inmates shall not be allowed to
work outside the maximum security compound.
~ COMPENSATION CREDITS
INMATE COMPENSATION - Six (6) months after
being permanently assigned to work in prison, an
inmate mav receive compensation credits at rates
to be prescribed by the Director, provided:
a. He maintains good conduct; and
b. He shows interest and a definite degree of
progress in the particular work assigned to him
WITHDRAWAL OF EARNINGS
The inmate may, at any time, withdraw from his
compensation earnings in an amount not exceeding
one-half (1/2) of his total earnings.
However, in cases of urgent need and at the
discretion of the Superintendent, the whole of his
earnings may be withdrawn. But he may, at any
time, withdraw any part or all monies received from
other sources.
INMATE COMMUNICATION
RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE - An inmate shall have
the right to communicate or correspond with
persons and organizations and to send and receive
letters, packages, books, periodicals and other
materials that can be lawfully sent by mail.
COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF MAIL - The
mail officer shall collect and deliver mail matters on
a daily basis, Monday through Friday. An inmate
shall be advised to claim his mail if he fails to claim
his letter within twenty-four (24) hours after it is
received in prison.
EXPENSES FOR SPECIAL DELIVERY OF MAIL -
Inmates shall be allowed to send letters by
registered, certified, stamped or special delivery at
their expense
USE OF TELEPHONE - All offender who
demonstrates good behavior shall earn one
telephone call to an authorized individual every
ninety (90) days. In such a case, the telephone call
shall be monitored and shall have a duration not
exceeding five (5) minutes. When making the call,
the inmate shall be identify himself as an inmate.
GUIDELINES ON CENSORSHIP OF MAIL
MATTER
The sending and receiving of mail by all inmates
shall be governed by the following guidelines
a. Inmate mail shall be secured until such time that
the censors are ready to examine them.
b. Inmate mail shall be opened and searched by
qualified, trained and authorized personnel.
c. Greeting cards shall be carefully examined and
fillers of any kind found therein shall be collected
for laboratory examination.
d. Photographs shall be marked on the reverse side
and replaced in the envelope.
e. In censoring mail, prison slang, unusual
nicknames and sentences with double meaning
shall be carefully studied and deciphered.
f. Letters passed by censors shall bear the censor's
stamp at the top of each page and on the envelope.
The letter shall be replaced in the same envelope
and resealed.
. The contents of an inmate's mail shall be
confidential and shall not be discussed with other
prison personnel.
INMATE HEAD COUNT
A head count of inmates shall be conducted four (4)
times a day or as often as necessary to ensure that
all inmates are duly accounted for.
PROCEDURE FOR INMATE COUNT
The procedure for conducting a periodic physical
head count of inmates shall be as follows
a. During the count, the inmates shall not be
allowed to move until the count is completed.
b. There must be a positive verification of an
inmate's presence. Counting an inmate as present
on the basis of seeing any part of his clothing, his
hair, or shoes shall not be made.
C. A written report on the results of each head
count shall be submitted to the Chief Overseer.
d. If the inmate count does not tally with the list of
inmates, the matter shall be immediately reported
to the Chief Overseer.
EXERCISE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - The religious beliefs and
moral precepts of an inmate shall be respected.
PROSELYTIZING
- No prison official shall proselytize inmates under
his supervision or allow an inmate to do so without
the consent of the inmate concerned. Reasonable
opportunity and access shall be provided to
inmates requesting information about the activities
of any religion with whom they may not be actually
affiliated
Board of Discipline
The Director shall establish a Board of Discipline in
each prison to hear cases involving an inmate who
violates prison rules. It shall be presided over by
the Assistant Superintendent.
IMPOSABLE PUNISHMENT
The Board of Discipline shall be authorized to
impose any of the following disciplinary measures
on an errant inmate:
a. Caution or reprimand.
b. Cancellation of recreation, education,
entertainment and visiting privileges.
c. Deprivation of GCTA for a specific period.
d. Change of security status to the next higher
category e.g., from medium to maximum.
CONFINEMENT IN DISCIPLINARY CELL
If the above corrective measures prove to be
ineffective, an obstinate inmate may be punished
by confinement in a disciplinary cell from one (1) to
two (2) months depending upon the gravity of the
offense committed. This punishment shall only be
meted out if the prison medical officer, after
examination, certifies that the inmate is fit to
undergo the same or will not adversely affect his
physical or mental health.
NOTE:
• BJMP - (1-7 DAYS)
• UN Rules- (22 hours to 15 days)
RELEASE OF INMATE
BASIS FOR RELEASE OF AN INMATE - An
inmate may be released from prison:
a. upon the expiration of his sentence;
b. by order of the Court or of competent authority;
or
c. after being granted parole, pardon or amnesty.
WHO MAY AUTHORIZE RELEASE
The following are authorized to order or approve
the release of inmates:
•the Supreme Court or lower courts, in cases of
acquittal or grant of bail; the President of the
Philippines, in cases of executive clemency or
amnesty;
-the Board of Pardons and Parole, in parole cases;
and
• the Director, upon the expiration of the sentence
of the inmate.
APPROVAL BY DIRECTOR OF RELEASE
An inmate shall only be released by the
Superintendent with the approval of the Director.
VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY OF INMATE TO BE
RELEASED
Before an inmate is released, he shall be properly
identified. His fingerprints and other identification
marks shall be verified with those which were taken
when he was admitted in prison, and any change in
his distinguishing marks since said admission.
PROHIBITED RELEASE OF INMATES BEFORE
AND AFTER ELECTION
The Director shall not order or allow an inmate to
leave prison sixty (60) days before and thirty (30)
days after an election except for valid or legal
reasons.
SEPARATION AND PLACEMENT CENTER
An inmate shall, thirty (30) days before his
scheduled date of release, be transferred to the
Separation and Placement Center to prepare him
for reentry into free society, provided he is not
under punishment or an escape risk, and is cleared
of his government property accountability
SECURITY PROCEDURES DURING
EMERGENCIES, RIOTS, ESCAPES OR MAJOR
DISTURBANCES
•Control Center shall be under the command of
the Superintendent or, in his absence, the Assistant
Superintendent, and in the latter's absence, the
most senior prison guard present.
PROCEDURE DURING RIOTS AND
DISTURBANCES
1. Sound the alarm
2. All visitors shall be immediately ushered out the
prison
3. All guards who are not on duty shall be directed
to immediately report to the Desk Officer. The most
senior guard present shall take command of the
custodial force and make assessment of the
situation.
4. All telephone calls to and from the prison
compound shall be controlled.
5. The Armorer shall issue the necessary anti-riot
equipment and firearms.
6.Based on his assessment of the prevailing
conditions, the guard in command shall deploy the
guards into the following groups: (1st, 2nd and 3rd
group)
• 1st Group - This is the initial wave of anti-riot
assault contingent who shall be armed with wicker
shields, protective headgear, gas masks and night
sticks or batons, when these are available.
The objectives of this group are to disperse the
rioters and get their leaders.
• 2nd Group - This is the back-up force of the 1st
Group who shall be equipped with tear gas guns
and gas grenades
• 3rd Group - This is composed of guards who are
trained in the proper handling and use of firearms.
Under the direct command of the guard-in-charge,
they shall provide covering fire to the first two
groups.

NOTES: PROCEDURE DURING AN ESCAPE OR

JAILBREAK.
• When a jail break is in progress or has just
occurred, the Control Center shall immediately
sound the alarm_and the Superintendent or the
Commander of the Guards shall be notified.
• At the first sound of the alarm, all inmates shall
be locked in their respective cells while those in
work detail shall be marched in orderly manner to
their cells.
• In case of mass jail breaks, all members of the
custodial force shall be immediately issued firearms
and assigned to critical posts to seal off all possible
escape routes while teams search the prison
premises. Prison personnel who are off-duty shall
be required to report for duty immediately.
• If any prison officer or employee is held hostage EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
by the escapee, reasonable caution to insure safety
Death penalty, how executed. - The death penalty
shall be taken. If it is the Superintendent who is
shall be executed under the authority of the
taken as hostage, the Assistant Superintendent
Director by lethal injection.
shall assume command.
• Holding cell.- Whenever practicable, the death
convict shall. twelve (12) hours prior to the
scheduled time of execution, be confined in an
individual cell in a maximum security level facility.
The convict shall be provided therein with a bunk, a
steel/wooden bed or mat, a pillow, a blanket and a
mosquito net.
• Death watch. - Four (4) guards shall keep a close
watch over a death convict confined in the holding
cell.Said guards shall keep a detailed log book of
their watch.
VISITATION - A death convict shall be allowed to
be visited by his immediate family and reputable
friends at regular intervals and during designated
hours subject to security procedures. Subiect to the
approval of the Superintendent, a death convict
shall, seven (7) days before the scheduled date of
execution, be allowed daily visits by his authorized
visitors and his attorney of record.
LOG BOOK FOR MAIL OF DEATH CONVICT -
Thirty (30) days prior to the execution date, the
Superintendent shall instruct the mail room officer
to forward all the incoming mail of the death convict
to the Commander of the Guards for censorship.
SUSPENSION OF EXECUTION OF THE DEATH
SENTENCE - Execution by lethal iniection shall not
be inflicted upon a woman within one year after
delivery, nor upon any person over seventy (70)
years of age. In this last case, the death sentence
shall be commuted to the penalty of Reclusion
Perpetua with the accessory penalty provided in
article 40 of the Revised Penal Code.
PLACE OF EXECUTION - The execution by lethal
injection shall take place in the prison
establishment and space thereat as may be
designated by the Director. Said place shall be
closed to public view.
ADMINISTERING OF LETHAL DRUGS - The
injection of the lethal drugs to a death convict shall
be made by a person designated by the Director.
IDENTITY OF RELATIVES OF DEATH CONVICT
AND OF PERSON ADMINISTERING LETHAL
INJECTION - The identity of the relatives of the
death convict and the person who were designated
to administer the lethal injection shall be kept
secret.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9346
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF
DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES
• SECTION 1. The imposition of the penalty of
death is hereby prohibited. Accordingly, Republic
Act No. Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy-
Seven (R.A. No. 8177). otherwise known as the Act
Designating Death by Lethal Injection is hereby
repealed.
• Republic Act No. Seven Thousand Six Hundred
Fifty-Nine (R.A.
No. 7659), otherwise known as the Death Penalty
Law, and all ther lawin execnare orders
aneredecrees. escar as theymendse
penalty are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.
RA 9263
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF
FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND THE BUREAU
OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY
(BJMP), AMENDING CERTAIN, PROVISIONS OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, PROVIDING FUNDS
THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the
"Bureau
of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004"
Organization and Key Positions of the
BFP and the BJMP (RA 9263)
1ST IN COMMAND - Chief, BJMP (Rank: Director)
2ND IN COMMAND-Deput Chief for Administration
(Rank: CSUPT)
3RD IN COMMAND -Deputy Chief for Operation
(Rank: CSUPT)
4TH IN COMMAND - Chief of Directorial Staff
(Rank: CSUPT)
APPOINTED BY: PRESIDENT
RECOMMENDED BY: SECRETARY OF DILG
Organization and Key Positions of the
BFP and the BJMP (RA 9263)
• The BFP and the BJMP shall be respectively
headed by a Chief who shall be assisted by two (2)
deputy chiefs, one
(1) for administration and one (1) for operations, all
of whom shall be appointed by the President upon
recommendation of the Secretary of the DILG from
among the qualified officers with at least the rank of
senior superintendent in the service
Lateral Entry of Officer into the BFP and the
BJMP (RA 9263)
In general, all original appointments of officers in
the Fire Bureau and Jail Bureau shall commence
the rank of fire/jail inspector
Doctor of Medicine, members of the Philippine Bar
and chaplains shall be appointed to the rank of
fire/jail senior inspector in their particular technical
service. Graduate of the Philippine National Police
Academy (PNPA) shall be automatically appointed • Corrections Chief Superintendent
to the initial rank of fire/jail inspector Rank: Chief Superintendent -3rd in command
• Corrections Senior Superintendent
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10575 Rank: Senior Superintendent -4th officer in
An act strengthening the Bureau of Corrections command
(BUCOR) and providing funds therefore shall be • Corrections Superintendent
known as "The Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013"
Rank: Superintendent- 5th officer in command

THE MANDATES OF THE BUREAU OF

CORRECTIONS
(A) SAFEKEEPING OF NATIONAL INMATES -
The safekeeping of inmates shall include decent
provision of quarters, food, water and clothing in
compliance with established United Nations
standards The security of the inmates shall be
undertaken by the Custodial Force consisting of
Corrections Officers with a ranking system and
salary grades similar to its counterpart in the BJMP.
(B) REFORMATION OF NATIONAL INMATES =
The reformation programs, which will be instituted
by
the BuCor for the inmates, shall be the following:
(1) Moral and Spiritual Program;
(2) Education and Training Program;
PERSONNEL BUILD-UP OF BUCOR (RA 10575
(3) Work and Livelihood Program; IRR)
(4) Sports and Recreation Program; Section 10. INCREASE OF PERSONNEL. The
(5) Health and Welfare Program; and BuCor shall maintain the custodial personnel-to-
inmate ratio of 1:7 for three (3) shifts and
(6) Behavior Modification Program, to include reformation personnel-to-inmate ratio of 1:24 for
Therapeutic Community. one (1) shift
The reformation programs shall be undertaken by The reformation ratio is broken down into the
Professional Reformation Personnel consisting of following:
Corrections Technical Officers with ranking system
and salary grades similar to Corrections Officers. a) Moral and Spiritual personnel-to-inmate ratio is
1:240:
ORGANIZATION AND KEY POSITIONS OF THE
BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (RA 10575) b) Sports and Recreation personnel-to-inmate ratio
is 1:225;
HEAD: Director General of Corrections
c) Work and Livelihood personnel-to-inmate ratio is
(Rank: Undersecretary) - 1st in command 1:180;
ASSISTED BY: Deputy Directors of Corrections - d) Behavior Modification personnel-to-inmate ratio
is 1:150.
(Rank: Assistant Secretary)-2nd in command
e) Education and Training personnel-to-inmate ratio
» Administration is 1:120;and
Security and Operations f) Health and Welfare personnel-to-inmate ratio is
» Reformation 1:80;

Appointed By: President

Recommended By: DOJ Secretary BUCOR MANNING LEVEL

Tour of Duty: Not exceeding 6 Years; 1. Custodial - 1:7 for 3 shifts

Extend: In Times of War (Declared By Congress) 2. Reform personnel - 1:24 for 1 shift (MSWBEH)
Moral & spiritual - 1:240
Sports & recreation - 1:225
Work & livelihood - 1:180
Behavior modification - 1:150
Education & training - 1:120
Health & welfare - 1:80
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL TO
BUCOR
The appointment of the BuCor shall be effected in
the following manner:
(a) Corrections Officer to Corrections Chief
Superintendent - Appointed by the Director
General of Corrections, and attested by the
Civil Service Commission (CSC); and
(b) Director General of Corrections and Deputy
Director of Corrections - Appointed by the
President upon the
recommendation of the Secretary of the DOJ, with
the proper endorsement by the chairman of the
CSC.
PROFESSIONALIZATION AND UPGRADING OF
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS IN THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE BUCOR PERSONNEL
(a) No person shall be appointed as personnel of
the BuCor unless one possesses the following
minimum qualifications:
(1) A citizen of the Republic of the Philippines;
(2) A person of good moral character;
(3) Must have passed the psychiatric/psychological,
drug and physical test for the purpose of
determining his/her physical and mental health;
(4) Must possess a baccalaureate degree from a
recognized learning institution;
(5) Must possess the appropriate civil service
eligibility;
(6) Must not have been dishonorably discharged or
dismissed for cause from previous employment;
(7) Must not have been convicted by final judgment
of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
and
(8) Must he at least one meter and sixty-two
centimeters (1.62 m) in height for fifty-seven
centimeters(1.57) female: Provided, That a waiver
for height and age requirement/s may be granted to
applicants belonging to the cultural communities:
THE
Provided, further, That a new applicant must not be
less than twenty-one (21) or more than forty (40)
years of age. Except for this particular provision,
the above-enumerated qualifications shall be
continuing in character and an absence of any one
of them at any given time shall be ground for
separation or retirement from the service: Provided,
furthermore, That those who are already in the
service upon the effectivity of this Act shall be given
five (5) years from the date of such effectivity to
obtain the minimum educational qualification and
eligibility with subsidiary assistance as provided for
in this Act.
PROFESSIONALIZATION AND UPGRADING OF
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS IN THE
DESIGNATION OF PERSONNEL OF THE BUCOR
TO KEY POSITIONS
(1) Sub-Colony Supervisor - Should have the
rank of Senior Inspector, who must have finished at
least-second year Bachelor of Laws or earned at
least twelve (12) units in a master's degree
program
(2) Colony Assistant Superintendent - Should
have the rank of Chief Inspector, who must have
finished at least second year Bachelor of Laws or
earned at least twenty-four (24) units in a master's
degree program
(3) Colony Superintendent - Should have the rank
of Superintendent, who must be a graduate of
Bachelor of Laws or a holder of a master's degree
Provided, That in prison and penal farms with an
inmate population of two thousand (2,000) but
below three thousand (3,000), the Colony
Superintendent shall have the rank and
qualification of a Colony Senior Superintendent;
and
4) Regional Superintendent - Should have the
rank of Senior Superintendent or Chief
Superintendent, who must be a graduate of
Bachelor of Laws or a holder of a master's degree
Provided, That in prison and penal farms with an
inmate population of three thousand (3,000) but
below five thousand (5,000), the Regional
Superintendent shall have the rank and
qualification of a Colony Senior Superintendent:
Provided, further, That in prison and penal farms
with an inmate population of over five thousand
(5,000), the Regional Superintendent shall have the
rank and qualification of a Chief Superintendent.
FACILITIES OF THE BUREAU
CORRECTIONS (RA 10575 IRR)
a) DORMITORY - refers to the facility exclusivel
used as confinement area of all inmates within the
prison camp with specific consideration on spatial
designation.
Classification of Dormitory
• Type A Dormitory - above 500 inmate capacity
and lot area of more than 1.5 hectares
• Type B Dormitory - 101 to 500 inmate capacity
and lot area of 1.5 hectares
• Type C Dormitory - 1 to 100 inmate capacity and
lot area of 3,000 sq. m.
The recommended lot area per inmate is 30 sq. m.
CELL CAPACITY
• Ideal habitable floor area per inmate = 4.7 square
meters
• Maximum number of inmates per cell = 10
• Maximum number of bunks beds = 5 units two
level
• Wash area (for utensils, hand washing) = 1 unit
• Water closet (toilet bowl) = 1 unit
• Bath area = 1 unit
PREGNANT FEMALE INMATE
• BJMP - not more than 1 month
• BUCOR - not more than 1 year
DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD
& BOARD OF DISCIPLINE
• 48 hrs - BJMP (DB)
• 5 days - BUCOR (BD)
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10592 AN ACT AMENDING
ARTICLES 29, 94, 97, 98 AND 99 OF ACT NO.
3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS
THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Section 1. Article 29 of Act No. 3815, as amended,
otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:
OF
"ART. 29. Period of preventive imprisonment
deducted from term of imprisonment. -
Offenders or accused who have undergone
preventive imprisonment shall be credited in the
service of their sentence consisting of deprivation
of liberty, with the full time during which they have
undergone preventive imprisonment if the detention
prisoner agrees voluntarily in writing after being
informed of the effects thereof and with the
assistance of counsel to abide by the same
disciplinary rules imposed upon convicted
prisoners, except in the following cases:
1. When they are recidivists, or have been
convicted previously twice or more times of any
crime; and
2. When upon being summoned for the execution
of their sentence they have failed to surrender
voluntarily.
"If the detention prisoner does not agree to abide
by the same disciplinary rules imposed upon
convicted prisoners, he shall do so in writing with
the assistance of a counsel and shall be credited in
the service of his sentence with FOUR-FIFTHS
(4/5) of the time during which he has undergone
preventive imprisonment.
"Credit for preventive imprisonment for the penalty
of Reclusion Perpetua shall be deducted from thirty
(30) years.
Whenever an accused has undergone preventive
imprisonment for a period equal to the possible
maximum imprisonment of the offense charged to
which he may be sentenced and his case is not yet
terminated, he shall be released immediately
without prejudice to the continuation of the trial
thereof or the proceeding on appeal, if the same is
under review
That recidivists, habitual delinquents, escapees and
persons charged with heinous crimes are excluded
from the coverage of this Act.
In case the maximum penalty to which the accused
may be sentenced is Destierro, he shall be
released after thirty (30) days of preventive
imprisonment."
Section 4. Article 98 of the same Act is hereby
further amended to read as follows:
"ART. 98. Special time allowance for loyalty. - A
deduction of one fifth (1/5) of the period of his
sentence shall be granted to any prisoner who,
having evaded his preventive imprisonment or the
service of his sentence under the circumstances
mentioned in Article 158 of this Code, gives himself
up to the authorities within 48 hours following the
issuance of a proclamation announcing the passing
away of the calamity or catastrophe referred to in
said article. A deduction of two-fifths (2/5) of the
period of his sentence shall be granted in case said
prisoner chose to stay in the place of his
confinement notwithstanding the existence of a
calamity or catastrophe enumerated in Article 158
of this Code.
"This Article shall apply to any prisoner whether
undergoing preventive imprisonment or serving
sentence.
*NOTE:
• Art 158 - Evasion of Service of Sentence due to
failure to return within 48 hours after passing of
calamity or disorder. Surrendered after 48 hours
shall also be charged with Art. 158 but must be
given the mitigating circumstance of voluntary
surrender
GOOD CONDUCT TIME OLD GCTA LAW ART 97.
RPC' ALLOWANCE
1) 1st 2 year - 5 days per month
2) 3rd - 5th year - 8 days per month
3) 6th - 10th year - 10 days per month
4) 11th - succeeding years - 15 days per month
Granted only by the director of BUCOR to a
convicted inmate & cannot be applied in BJMP.
Act No. 2489, otherwise known as the Industrial
Good Time Law, provides that when a prisoner has
been classified as trusty or penal colonists, he is
given an additional 5 days' time allowance for every
month of service. A prisoner serving life sentence
has his sentence automatically reduced to 30 years
of imprisonment upon attaining the classification of
trusty or penal colonists
• 3rd to 5th year - 23 days / month
6th to 10th year - 25 days / month
11th up - 30 days / month
15 days/ month for study and mentoring
May be granted by the Director of BJMP, Director of
BuCor and Provincial, City and Municipal Jail
Wardens and can now be granted even to a
detainee while undergoing trial.
DISQUALIFIED FOR GTA
~ Recidivist, quasi-recidivist and habitual
delinquents
Failed to surrender voluntarily after being
summoned to the execution of the sentence
This refers to the suffering inflicted by the state for
the transgression of the law.
A. Punitive Action
B. Punishment
C. Penalty
D. Sanction
One of the juridical conditions of punishment states
that "no one must escape its effects". This refers
to?
A. Equal
B. Certain
C. Personal
D. Correctional
Pedro was sentenced by the Court of Prison Mayor.
How long will he serve his sentence?
A. 6 months & 1 day to 6 years
B. 12 years & 1 day to 20 years
C. 1 month & 1 day to 6 months
D. 6 years & 1 day to 12 years
It is a security facility, common to police stations,
used for the temporary confinement of individuals
held for investigation.
A. Ordinary Jails

The abovementioned privilege will not apply if. B. Lock up Jails

When they are recidivists, or have been convicted C. Jails

previously twice or more times of any crime; and
D. Jail Farms
When upon being summoned for the execution of
their sentence they have failed to surrender It is a security camp where PDL is not allowed to do
furlough.
voluntarily.
A. Minimum
NEW GOOD CONDUCT TIME ALLOWANCE (RA
10592) B. Medium
1st to 2nd year - 20 days / mon C. Maximum
D. Super Maximum the prison director, how many days each month
would you approve as Alex's good conduct time
It is an agency mandated to direct, supervise, and allowance?
control the administration and operation of all
district, city, and municipal jails. A. 20 days
A. BUCOR B. 23 days
B. BJMP C. 25 days
C. Provincial Government D. 30 days
D. NBI
If the PDLs started to attack each other, as a jail
guard, what would you do?
A warrant issued by a court bearing its seal and the
signature of the judge, directing the jail or prison A. All inmates must be locked up inside the
authorities to receive an inmate for the service of its respected cell
sentence?
B. Persuasive talk
A. Carpeta
C. Gas Grenade
B. Prison Record
D. An assault group of jail guards fires at the
C. Commitment Order rioters.
D. Mittimus Order
accepts inmates who committed major offenses or Assistant Regional Director Pedro promoted to the
offenders with more than 3 years of imprisonment? position of Deputy Chief for Administration. His
insignia will be
A. BUCOR
A. 1 star
B. BJMP
B. 3 Sampaguita
C. Provincial Government
C. 2 Sampaguita
D. NBI
D. 2 Anahaw
Ana was sentenced by the court for 4 years to 6
years. Ana will serve her sentence at Note:
A. BJMP • Assistant Regional Director -SEN. SUPT
B. BUCOR • Deputy Chief for Administration -C, SUPT
C. Provincial Government
D. CIW The following may grant GCTA to an inmate as a
matter of privilege for good behavior, except
A. Director of BUCOR
dormitory, which has a capacity of 101-500 inmates
and a lot area of 1.5 hectares. B. President
A. Туре D C. Director of BJMP
B. Туре С D. Warden
C. Туре B
D. Type A
Juan is a newly arrived inmate committed for the
first time. He is classified as
among the
classifications of inmates according to privileges.
A. 1st Class Inmate
B. 2nd Class Inmate
C. 3rd Class Inmate
D. Colonist
Alex has been in prison for the past 36 months and
has never been involved in any trouble. If you were