History of Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology
DILG/ Parent agency
BJMP
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officially classed as persons deprived of liberty
(PDL).
"person deprived of liberty" means a person who has
been arrested, held. in lawful custody, detained, or
imprisoned in execution of a lawful sentence; and. PART II
— RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF. LIBERTY AND
DUTIES OF PERSONS IN CHARGE.
1.Philippines bureau of jail management and penology in (Filipino; KAWANIHAN NG
PANGANGASIWA NG KULUNGAN AT PENOLOHIYA).
2. Formerly known as CONSTABULARY JAIL BUREAU.
3. Prisoner handling management of municipal and city jail all over the country.
CJB PC-INP BJMP
It was under BGen Arsenio E. Concepcion
+ It was created on January 2, 1991 by virtue of Republic Act No. 6975 also known as the DILG Act of
1990.
+ The Jail Bureau, pursuant to Section 60 to 65, Chapter V, Republic Act No. 6975 amended by Republic
Act No. 9263 (Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
Professionalization Act of 2004),
+ One of the five pillars of the Criminal Justice System.
+ Four major areas of rehabilitation program, namely: Livelihood Projects, Educational and Vocational
Training, Recreation and Sports, and Religious/ Spiritual Activities.
+ Continuously implemented to eliminate the offenders' pattern of criminal behavior and to reform them to
become law-abiding and productive citizens.
Started with strength of 500 personnel.
- Agency to Bureau status
-First chief; Charles S. Mondejar
( July,02,1991)
-The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology supervises and controls all
district, city and municipal jails.
Prominent figures later succeeded Director Mondejar after retirement;
J/SR SUPT BASILIO G CAEL (Oct. 31, 1995 to Jan. 2, 1996)
J/C SUPT SILAS V LAURIO (Jan. 2, 1996 to July 13, 1997);
J/SR SUPT JOSUE G ENGANO (July 14, 1997 to June 30, 1998),
P/M GEN AQUILINO G JACOB JR (July 8, 1998 to March 30, 2001).
On March 30, 2001, CSUPT ARTURO W ALIT, CESO IV took his oath of office as Officer-in-Charge and was given his
directorship rank on December 14, 2003 to May 9, 2006 as Chief of the Bureau.
After ALIT, CSUPT ANTONIO CABIL CRUZ was appointed as Officer-in-Charge on May 9, 2006 to Dec 5, 2006.
CSUPT CLARITO GUIRHEM JOVER, Ph.D. (CESO V) was later appointed OIC on December 18, 2006 to February 20, 2007.
DIRECTOR ARMANDO M LLAMASARES, DPA, served the bureau as the Chief on February 21, 2007 until his retirement on
March 05, 2008.
At present, DIRECTOR ROSENDO MORO DIAL, CESO III serves as the Jail Bureau's Chief.
Headed by a Chief
assisted by two (2) Deputy Chiefs
Administration and another for Operations
One (1) Chief of Directorial Staff
+ All of whom are appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from among the qualified
officers with the rank of at least Senior Superintendent in the Jail Bureau.
+ The Chief of the Jail Bureau carries the rank of Director and serves a tour
of duty that must not exceed four (4) years, unless extended by the
President in times of war and other national emergencies.
New BJMP Logo: Its Symbolism
+ The organizational name (BJMP) in bold letters symbolizes strong identity of BJMP; Round Borders stand for
holism; Justice Scale for the rule of Law; Five Pillars represent the coordination among the pillars of the
Criminal Justice System; Philippine map depicts the
+ corrections is a national concern; Sixteen laurel leaves stand for 16 Regions; Safekeeping and Development
indicate the mandate of the Bureau; Jail Officer signifies the importance of his presence and professionalism;
Inmate in Black and White symbolizes that the inmate is undergoing Developmental processes; the Bars speak
of custody, security and control of inmates; the Red and
+
+ Blue background stand for the primary colors of the PHILIPPINE FLAG; the Gray background depicts the
organization’s (BJMP) color; and the light to Dark yellow background represent the transcending light of
Correction
+ A person can be committed to jail only upon the issuance of
an appropriate order by a competent court or authority so
mandated under Philippine laws. This Rule enumerates these
courts and authorities, and classifies inmates according to the
conditions for their commitment.
The following (courts & entities) are
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
H. All other administrative bodies or persons authorized by law to
arrest and
/ or commit a person to jail
C. Four Classes of Prisoners
+ 1. Insular or national prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of
three years
and one day to death
+ 2. Provincial prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of six
months and one day to three years
+ 3. City prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of one day to
three years and
+ 4. Municipal Prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of one day
to six months.
D. Three Types of Detainees
+1. Those undergoing investigation
+2. those awaiting or undergoing
trial and
+3. those awaiting final judgment.
Inmate Security Classification
+ Inmate are Classified according to their security status and determined
security risk category.
Categories of inmate
-Maximum security (Tangerine)
-medium security(Blue)
-Minimum security(brown)
-Detainee(Gray)
+ Maximum security- This includes highly Dangerous or High
security Risk inmates as determined by the classification board.
- Those sentenced to death
- Those whose minimum sentence is 20 years
- Remand prisoners whose sentence is twenty years and above, those whose
sentences are under review by the supreme court or the court of appeals
- Those with pending cases
- Recidivist, habitual delinquent s and escapees
- Those under disciplinary punishment or safe keeping
- Those who are certified as criminally insane or those with severe personality
or emotional disorders.
+ Medium Security
-those Who are below twenty years of sentence.
- Those who are 18 years of age and below.
- Those who have 2 or more records of escape, if they have served 8 years
since they were recommitted.
+ Minimum security- those reasonably trusted to serve their penalty under less
restricted conditions
-those with severe physical handicap, as certified by the chief medical officer
of the institution.
- Those who are 65 years old and above who are Without a pending case and
whose convictions are not on appeal.
- Those who have served one half of their minimum sentence. Or one third of
their maximum sentence, excluding Good conduct time allowance(GCTA)
- Those who have only 6 months more to serve before the expiration of their
maximum sentences.
+ Detainee
- Those undergoing investigation
- Those awaiting or undergoing trial
- Those awaiting final judgement
Changing Lives, Building a Safer Nation
+ Those who are convicted not less than 3 years
+ Those who are waiting for a trial (Detainees/PDL)
+ Those who are waiting for final
judgment (Detainees/PDL)
+ Those who are under investigation
(Detainees/PDL)
Trivia: New terms for Detainees Person Deprived
Liberty
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 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
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2373 and House
Bill No. 6557 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and
the Senate on January 29, 2004 And February 2, 2004, respectively.
JOSE DE VENECIA FRANKLIN M. DRILON
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
of Representatives
ROBERTO P. NAZARENO OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary General Secretary of the Senate
House of Representatives
Approved: MAR 10 2004
GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
Minimum qualifications:
+ a) A citizen of the Republic of the Philippines;
+ b) A person of good moral character;
+ c) Must have passed the psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests for the purpose of determining
his/her physical and mental health;
+ d) Must possess a baccalaureate degree from a recognize institution of learning;
+ e) Must possess the appropriate civil service eligibility;
+ f) Must have not been dishonorably discharged or dismissed for cause from previous employment;
+ g) Must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
+ h) Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62 m.) in height for male, and one meter and fifty-
seven centimeters (1.57 m.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and age requirements shall be
automatically granted to applicants belonging to the cultural communities; and
+ i) Must weigh not more or less than five kilograms (5 kgs.) from the standard weight corresponding to
his/her height, age and sex;
+ Provided, That a new applicant must not be less than twenty-one (21) nor more than thirty (30) 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 a ground for separation or retirement from
the service: Provided, further, That the uniformed personnel who are already in the service upon the
effectivity of this Act shall be given five (5) years to obtain the minimum educational qualification and one
(1) year to satisfy the weight requirement.
+ Requirements for Promotion. —
+ 1) Any personnel of the BFP and the BJMP shall not be eligible for a promotion
to a higher rank unless he/she has met the minimum qualification standards or
the appropriate civil service eligibility set by the CSC, and has satisfactorily
passed the required psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests;
+ 2) Any personnel of the BFP and the BJMP who has exhibited acts of
conspicuous courage and gallantry at the risk of his/her life above and beyond
the call of duty, or selected as such in a nationwide search conducted by any
accredited civic organization, shall be promoted to the next higher rank:
Provided, That these shall be validated by the DILG and the CSC based on
established criteria.
+ SEC. 11. Performance Evaluation System. — There shall be established a
performance evaluation system which shall be administered in accordance with
the rules, regulations and standards, and a code conduct for the uniformed
personnel of the BFP and the BJMP to be promulgated by the Fire Bureau and
the Jail Bureau through the DILG. Such performance evaluation system shall be
administered in such a way as to foster the improvement of individual efficiency
and behavioral discipline as well as the promotion of organizational
effectiveness and commitment to service.
+ The rating system as contemplated herein shall be based on standards
prescribed by the Fire Bureau and the Jail Bureau through the DILG and shall
consider the results of the annual psychiatric/psychological and physical tests
conducted on the uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP.
SEC. 12. Standardization of the Base Pay, Retirement and Other Benefits
of the Uniformed Personnel of the BFP and the BJMP. — In order to
enhance the general welfare, commitment to service and professionalism
of the uniformed personnel of the BFP and the BJMP, they shall receive
the minimum starting salary equivalent to the salary grade level of the
corresponding rank classification of their counterparts in the PNP, as
provided under Section 36 of the Republic Act No. 8551, and in the AFP,
as provided under Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9166.
The rate of base pay of the uniformed personnel of the BFP and the
BJMP
shall be adjusted in accordance with the following salary grade schedule:
Quiz exercises:
Identifications
1.This includes highly dangerous or high security risk inmates.
2.those reasonable trusted to serve their penalty under less restricted conditions.
3. 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
4. what is the highest rank in BJMP?
5. What are the 4 types of prisoner? (1pt each)
6. Three Types of Detainees
