DIFFERENCE OF PAROLE

AND PROBATION FROM

APPLICATION UNTIL
GRANTING
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WHO CAN APPLY FOR: An inmate will normally be Any sentenced offender, not
eligible for parole upon a disqualified, can apply for
showing of confinement for an probation before serving
indeterminate prison sentence, their prison/jail sentence.
the maximum period of which
exceeds 1 year, providing the
inmate has served the
minimum period of the
sentence less the good-conduct
time allowances earned
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WHERE AND WHEN The Board of Pardons and The application shall be filed
SHALL THE APPLICATION Parole, an agency under the with the trial court that
BE FILED? Office of the Secretary of tried and sentenced the
Justice. offender at any time after
conviction and sentence but
within fifteen (15) days after
promulgation of judgment.
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HOW TO APPLY FOR: 1. Inmate is serving an indeterminate 1. Apply within fifteen (15) days from
sentence the maximum period of promulgation of judgment.
which exceeds one (1) year; 2. The court will suspend the
2. Inmate has served the minimum execution of sentence and refer
period of the indeterminate sentence; the application to the proper
3. Inmate's conviction is final and probation office for the conduct
executory (in case the inmate has one of post-sentence investigation
or more co-accused who had been (PSI).
convicted, the director/warden 3. The probation officer must submit
concerned shall forward their prison the Post-Sentence Investigation
records and carpetas/jackets at the Report (PSIR) within sixty (60)
same time); days upon receipt but the
4. Inmate has no pending case; and period may be extended in
5. Inmate is serving sentence in the meritorious cases for a period
national penitentiary, unless the that will be approved by the court.
confinement of said inmate in a 4. Pending submission of the PSIR
municipal, city, district or provincial and the resolution of the
jail is justified. application, the defendant may be
temporarily released under
bail or be released on recognizance
of a responsible member of the
community, if defendant is
incapable of posting bail.
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WHEN Whenever the Board of The probationer must:

PROBATION/PAROLE IS Pardons and Parole finds that a. Appear before the
GRANTED, WHAT there is a reasonable probation officer within 72
CONDITIONS ARE probability that, if released, the hours;
IMPOSED BY THE prisoner will be law-abiding b. Report to the probation
COURT? and that the release will not be officer at least once a
incompatible with the interest month;
and welfare of society. c. Not commit another
offense; and
d. Comply with any other
conditions imposed
by the court.