Service Objectives

• To provide the courts with relevant information and judicious recommendation for
the selection of offenders to be placed on probation.

• To provide the Board of Pardons and Parole with necessary and relevant information
which can be used in determining a prisoner’s fitness for parole or any form of
executive clemency.

• To provide the Dangerous Drugs Board with pertinent information and prudent
recommendations for the determination of first-time minor drug offenders to be
placed on suspended sentence.

• To effect the rehabilitation and integration of the probationers, parolees, pardonees

and first-time minor drug offenders as productive, law-abiding and socially
responsible members of the community.

• To prevent recidivism and protect the community through a well-planned

supervision of probationers, parolees, pardonees, and first-time minor drug
offenders.

• To make use of innovative, and financially and technically feasible projects to uplift
the moral, spiritual, and economic condition of probationers, parolees, pardonees,
and first-time minor drug offenders by utilizing available community resources as
much as possible.

• To continuously assess and improve professional performance in post-sentence, pre-

parole/executive clemency, and suspended-sentence investigation, case management,
and other related work.

• To periodically review the Probation Law and its implementing rules so as to

reconcile the same with the evolving realities in the field.

• To assiduously observe and uphold the professional ethics in the delivery of

services.