Prison and Jails
Prison and Jails
Prison and Jails
PRISON
PRISON
- an institution for the imprisonment of persons convicted by final judgment and with a
penalty of more than 3 years.
NOTE: all inmates here are convicted
the population of jail and prison including penal farms and colonies except the personnel are
called inmates or prisoners with the exception of jails whose inmates are undergoing trial of
their respective cases are called detainees.
WHO IS A PRISONER?
-- Is a person confined in jail or prison for the commission of a criminal offense or convicted
and serving in a penal institution. PRISONER
-- Is a person committed to jail or prison by a competent authority for any of the following
reasons:
1. To serve a sentence after conviction
2. Trial
3. Investigation
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS
1. Sentenced Prisoners
-- Those who are convicted by final judgment of the crime charged against them.
--They are under the jurisdiction of the penal institution.
2. Detention Prisoners
-- Those who were detained for the violation of law or ordinance and has not yet been
convicted.
-- Manned by the PNP.
3. Those who are on safekeeping -- Includes non-criminal offenders who are detained in
order to protect the community against their harmful behavior (insane person).
NOTE: Safekeeping is the temporary custody of a person or the detention of a person
for his own protection or care, to secure him from liability, harm, injury or danger.
CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCED PRISONERS
1. Insular or National Prisoners
- Those who were sentenced to serve a prison term of over three (3) years or to pay a fine of
more than one thousand pesos (1,000.00) or both fine and imprisonment. Insular or National
Prisoners
-- Those sentenced to suffer a term of over three (3) years imprisonment but appealed the
judgment and unable to file a bond for their temporary liberty.
2. City Prisoners
- Those who were sentenced to suffer an imprisonment of less than three (3) years or to pay a
fine of not more than one thousand pesos (1,000.00) or both.
-- Includes those who were detained whose cases
were filed with the MTC and those who’s cognizable by the RTC and under preliminary
investigation.
3. Provincial Prisoners
- Those persons sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1 day to 3
years or a fine not more than 1,000 pesos or both or
- Those detained while waiting for preliminary investigation of their cases cognizable by the
RTC.
4. Municipal Prisoners
- Those confined to serve an imprisonment of not more than 6 months. Those detained therein
whose trials of their cases are pending with the MTC.
JAILS
JAILS
-- An institution for the confinement of persons who are awaiting final disposition of their
criminal cases and also for the service of those convicted and punished with shorter sentence
usually up to three years.
TYPES OF JAIL
1. Lock-up jail - is a security facility for the temporary detention of person held for
investigation or awaiting preliminary hearing.
2. Ordinary jail - houses both offenders awaiting court action and those serving short
sentences usually up to 3 years.
3. Workhouses, Jail Farms or Camp - houses minimum custody offenders serving short
sentences or those who are undergoing constructive work programs. It provides full
employment of prisoners, remedial services and constructive leisure time activities.
PROVINCIAL JAILS
Provincial Jails in the Philippines are not under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Corrections
-- They are managed and controlled by the Provincial government
Provincial jail system was first established in for the American regime supervised and
controlled by the provincial government and headed by the Provincial Jail Warden.
THE PHILIPPINE CORRECTIONAL SETUP IS COMPOSED OF FIVE (5)
AGENCIES BELONGING TO THREE (3) DEPARTMENTS NAMELY:
1. Department of Justice. Under this are the
a) Bureau of Corrections,
b) the Parole and Probation Administration and
c) the Board of Pardons and Parole
2. Department of the Interior and Local Government Under this is the
d) Bureau of Jail Management and Penology which runs the city, municipal and district
jails and the provincial jails through their respective provincial governments.
3. Department of Social Welfare and Development. Under this is the
e) Bureau of Child and Youth Welfare which oversees youth rehabilitation center.
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