Lesson 9: Parole

and Probation
Rehabilitation
Program
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Define the concept of therapeutic community; and
2. Discuss the mission and vision of therapeutic
community

References:
https://probation.gov.ph/rehabilitation-program/
Activity 1: Building Questions

1. What is a therapeutic community?

2. What is the mission and vision of the

therapeutic community?

3. What is restorative justice?

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY (TC)

An environment that helps people get help

while helping others. It is a treatment
environment: the interactions of its members
are designed to be therapeutic within the
context of the norms that require each to
play the dual role of client-therapist. At a
given moment, one may be in a client role
when receiving help or support from others
because of a problem behavior or when
experiencing distress. At another time, the
same person assumes a therapist role when
assisting or supporting another person in
trouble.
5 DISTINCT CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITY THAT HELP PROMOTE THE CHANGE:

1.) Relational/Behavior Management

2.) Affective/Emotional/Psychological
3.) Cognitive/Intellectual
4.) Spiritual
5.) Psychomotor/Vocational-Survival
Skills
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY MISSION
• To promote human and social transformation among our
clients and among ourselves.
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY VISION
• By the end of this decade, TC shall have become the
corporate culture of the Parole and Probation Administration
permeating its plans, programs, and practices, and confirming
its status as a model component of the Philippine Correctional
System.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Restorative Justice is a process through which remorseful

offenders accept responsibility for their misconduct, particularly
to their victims and to the community. It creates obligation to
make things right through proactive involvement of victims,
ownership of the offender of the crime and the community in
search for solutions which promote repair, reconciliation and
reassurance. Thus, the restorative justice process is actively
participated in by the victim, the offender, and/or any individual
or community member affected by the crime to resolve conflicts
resulting from the criminal offense, often with the help of a fair
and impartial third party. Examples of restorative processes
include mediation, conferencing, sentencing/support circle and
the like. The restorative outcome is the agreement obtained as a
product of a restorative justice process. Examples of restorative
outcomes include restitution, community work service and any
other program or response designed to accomplish reparation of
the victim, and the reintegration of the victims and/or offenders.
THE EFFECTS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS A REHABILITATION PROGRAM

1. Reintegration of the offenders to the social mainstream and encouraging

them to assume active responsibility for the injuries inflicted to the victims;
2. Proactive involvement of the community to support and assist in the
rehabilitation of victims and offenders;
3. Attention to the needs of the victims, survivors and other persons
affected by the crime as participating stakeholders in the criminal justice
system, rather than mere objects or passive recipients of services of
intervention that may be unwanted, inappropriate or ineffective;
4. Healing the effects of the crime or wrongdoing suffered by the respective
stakeholders; and
5. Prevention of further commission of crime and delinquency.
THE OUTCOMES OR INTERVENTIONS WHICH CAN BE AGREED
UPON DURING THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS
As a result of the restorative justice process, the
following outcomes or interventions may be
agreed upon by parties in a Restorative Justice
discussion, such as, but not limited to:
A. Restitution
B. Community Work Service
C. Counseling (whether individual, group or
family)
D. Attendance to trainings, seminars and lectures
E. Participation in education, vocation or life
skills program
F. Group Therapy Session
G. Spiritual development session/faith-based session
H. Submission to psychological/psychiatric
assessment
I . Submission to drug test/drug dependency
examination
J. Attendance to skills training/livelihood assistance
program
K. Marital enhancement program
L. Written or oral apology
M. Submission to family therapy session
This session aims to develop healthy personal
relationships within the family and to establish open
positive communication between family members and
significant others. Family members should be oriented
in their individual responsibilities and roles.
VOLUNTEERISM

• Volunteerism is a program of the

Parole and Probation
Administration (PPA) aimed at
generating maximum, effective and
efficient citizen participation and
community involvement in the
process of client rehabilitation,
prevention of crime and the overall
administration of criminal justice.
ADVANTAGES OF VOLUNTEERISM

• Probation and parole, as community-based treatment

programs, depend on available resources in the
community for the rehabilitation of offenders. Thus, the
Administration, recognizing the important role of the
community as a rehabilitation agent, involves the
community in probation and parole work through the use
of volunteer workers and welfare agencies.
• The use of volunteer workers in probation and parole is
worth adopting because it opens new fields for
community involvement in corrections and for training
youth leaders, barangay organizations, and civic groups in
social development work. The use of volunteers will also
make it possible for the correctional system to exercise
supervision of offenders at less cost to the government.
Thank you!