Correction – is a branch of the Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody, supervision and

rehabilitation of criminal offenders. It is also the field of criminal justice administration.

Correctional Administration – the study and practice of a system management of jails or prisons and
other institution concerned with the custody, treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

Punishment – it is an instrument of public justice. Involves pain and suffering.

Penalty – it is the suffering that is inflicted by the state for the transgression of the law.

Early forms of Punishment in Primitive Time

Blood Feuds – Ancient culture developed the idea of justice based on vengeance, retribution and
compensation.

Lex Taliones – “the law of retaliation”.

Banishment and Exile – Serious offenders were transported to banishment or exile.

Iron Maiden – is a box-like device with the front half hinged like a door so that a person could be placed
inside; when the door was shut, and front entered the body of the victim.

The rack – a kind of a device that drags apart the joints in the feet and hands.

Physical Torture – affected by maiming, mutilation, whipping and other inhumane or barbaric forms of
inflicting pain.

Garroting – Killing by way of strangulation.

Branding – combined punishment (Physically and Mentally)

The Pillory – It was a device made of wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for
securing the head and hands.

The Tower of London – originally built as a fortress for the defense of the city.

The word prison has found its roots from the Greco Roman word “Presidio” from word “Pre” means
before and “Sidio” means inside.

The coined term presidio is synonymous to a “Fence, Cave, and or Dungeon. The word presidio started
in the reign of King Hammurabi of Babylon in 1729 BC.

THE GULAG OF BANAUE

- The term gulag of igorot tribes refers to where the refuse is dumped.

THE GULAG OF GERMANY

- In the history of prison, an intriguing question arises.

THE GULAG OF RUSSIA

- The Russian acronym for corrective labor camp.

THE WORLD’S WORST INFAMY PRISONS

Bastille Prisons – A fortress prison in Paris, France.

- Originally, it was intended to augment the Cities defense.

Alcatraz Prison – It is an island in San Francisco Bay.

Sachsenhausen Prison – Built in 1939 outside the Berlin proper as Germany’s concentration camps for
the dreaded Nazi’s SS elite force.

Auschwitz Prison – it was popularly known as the death camp headed by Rudolf Hoess.

Toul Sleng Prison – One of the most notorious prisons in Cambodia that even humbled the killing field in
Battambang Province.

Insein Prison – is a pygmy in size compared with other prisons in western countries, but it became the
focus of world attention when political dissents were placed behind bars.

The Walnut Street Jail – first American Penitentiary.

The Auburn System – Among its features was the confinement of the prisoners in single cell at night
congregate work in shops during day time.

The Pennsyvania Prison System – is the rival penitentiary system of the Auburn.

Singsing Prison – maximum security prison located in Ossining, New York.

Clinton Correctional Facility – The prison is sometimes referred as Dannemora.

Elmira Reformatory – the superintendent of the Elmira Reformatory in New York, Zebulon Brockway,
used some ideas.

Prison – refers to a penal establishment under the control of the Bureau of Corrections and shall include
the New Bilibid Prisons.

Competent Authority – refers to the SC, CA, RTC, MTC, MTC, MCTC, Sandigan Bayan and Military Court.

Inmate – refers to a national prisoner or one sentenced by a court to serve a maximum term of
imprisonment of more than three years.

Detainee – A person who is confined in prison pending preliminary investigation, trial or appeal.

Death Convict – refers to an inmate whose death is imposed by an RTC.

Superintendent – refers to one in charge of prisons.

Carpeta – refers to the institutional record of inmate’s which consists of Mittimus Commitment Order,
Prosecutor’s information.

Prison Record – refers to information concerning an inmate’s personal circumstances, offense

committed, sentenced imposed, criminal case number in the trial.

Jail – the term is derived from the Spanish word “Jaulo” which means cage.
TYPES OF JAIL

Lock up Cells – is a security facility for the temporary detention of persons held for investigation.

City Jail, Provincial and Municipal Jail – house both offenders waiting for court actions, and juvenile
offenders.

CATEGORIES OF INMATES

The two general categories of inmates are:

Prisoner – inmate who is convicted by final judgment

Detainee – inmate who is undergoing investigation/trial or awaiting final judgment.

CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS

The four main classes of prisoners are;

1. Insular Prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of three and one day to reclusion
Perpetua or life imprisonment.
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.
4. Municipal Prisoner – one who is sentenced to a prison term of one day to six months.

JAIL PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE

- Every province, the BJMP operates and maintains a Provincial Jail administrators Office headed
by a Provincial Administrator.

District Jail – within large cities or a group or clustered municipalities a District Jail headed by a District
Warden may be established.

City and Municipal Jails – The BJMP operates and maintains City and Municipal Jails.

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) – It was created pursuant to RA 6975 signed on Dec.
13, 1990 and become known as DILG Act of 1990.

BJMP MISSION

To provide humane safekeeping and developmental opportunities for Persons Deprived of Liberty
(PDL) in the promotion of public safety.

BJMP VISION

By 2040, a world-class agency highly capable of providing humane safekeeping and developmental
opportunities for Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL).
CORE VALUES

Teamwork – the combined effective action of all personnel.

Efficiency/Competence – mastery of important skills for delivery of quality service.

Commitment – Strong sense of dedication to the ideals of the organization and to the public that it
serves.

Self – Discipline – the ability to act regardless of emotional state, or the ability to withstand undue and
unjust influences.

Respect for Human Rights – promote and protect the right of our fellow human beings.

Mandate

- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is mandated to direct, supervise and control the
administration and operation of all district.

COMMAND GROUP:

1. Chief, BJMP
2. Deputy Chief for Administration of the Jail Bureau
3. Deputy Chief for Operation of the Jail Bureau
4. Chief of Directorial Staff

DIRECTORATES

1. Directorate for Personnel and Records Management

2. Directorate for Intelligence
3. Directorate for Operations
4. Directorate for Comptrollership
5. Directorate for Logistics
6. Directorate for Human Resource Development
7. Directorate for Welfare and Development
8. Directorate for Investigation and Prosecution
9. Directorate. for Program Development
10. Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management
11. Directorate for Health Service.

SUPPORT SERVICES

1. Chaplaincy Service Office

2. Legislative Liaison Office
3. Finance Service Office