Name: LLANZA, LYRA LOU P.

Yr. Section: BSCR 2A

Instructor: MR. EDCEL DELARAMA

1. Differentiate RA 6975 from RA 9263.

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 provision of Republic Act No. 6975. Providing funds thereof and for
other purposes, while RA 6975 Establishing the Philippine National Police under a
reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government.
2. How does offenders with special needs are being treated?
For many offenders who are mentally ill, maintaining a stable mental health
status requires careful monitoring and coordination. An important initial step to support
the offender in transition is to verify that medicines and files are transferred.
Consistency in treatment and medication is critical, but failures in continuity are
common. Neglect of medications and treatment can lead to a downward spiral toward
relapse. In some cases, offenders are overmedicated at the time of release to the
community, because high doses of medication reduce disciplinary problems in the
institution. The transition team, especially the community provider, may be left to deal
with issues of disruption in medication or of over-medication.
Case managers should take an active role in ensuring intersystem
communication, as the mental health and substance use disorder systems are
sometimes separate in prison and usually separate in the community as well. Some
substance use programs in the community refuse to treat the mentally ill, while some
mental health facilities turn away those with substance use disorder problems. Such
actions violate the Americans With Disabilities Act, which prohibits substance use
disorder programs from turning away people with other disabilities and social service
programs from refusing people with substance use disorder problems. Philosophical
approaches to treatment -- for example, medical model versus self-help model -- may
divide providers and interfere with treatment. All parties treating this group of offenders
should come to agreement on a treatment approach and common terminology. Mistrust
of the other system and exclusionary policies should be addressed and minimized.
Lack of insurance (or underinsurance) creates the potential for discontinuity of
treatment following placement in the community. Corrections agencies may discontinue
mental health services once the offender is released. Every effort must be made to
identify funding for mental health treatment. Greater duration and intensity of treatment
improves outcomes, but may run counter to current managed care strategies of
reducing length of treatment. In the current environment of managed care, advocacy for
this population is essential.
An assessment of intellectual level should be provided by the correctional facility
prior to the offender's return to the community. It is important to have experts in mental
retardation involved in the transition. Qualified individuals who can participate in the
transition team can often be found in area schools that receive funding for special
education. Advocacy groups that promote the interests of persons with mental
retardation can also be of substantial help. Finally, high functioning exoffenders with
mental retardation can perform a valuable mentoring role.
Illiteracy is an issue for many offenders with mental retardation, and treatment
efforts must be geared toward the appropriate level of comprehension. Help may be
needed in basic areas such as dressing appropriately, maintaining proper hygiene,
planning nutritious meals, and completing paperwork and forms that will be required in
the community.
 Additional research and training curricula for treatment and criminal justice staff
are needed on the best methods for managing and treating individuals with both
substance use disorders and mental retardation. One helpful curriculum was developed
at the State University of New York at Buffalo

3.Define and differentiate PD 603 from RA 9344.

THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE LAW
Republic Act No. 9344 or the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act” defines the
Juvenile Justice and . Welfare System as a system dealing with children at risk and
children in conflict with the law, which .Provides child-appropriate proceedings, including
programmers and services for prevention, diversion, rehabilitation, re-integration and
aftercare to ensure their normal growth and development. Instead of using the word
“juvenile”, Philippine laws made use of the word “child”. As defined in R.A. No. 9344,
“Child” is a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. While “Child at Risk” refers to a
child .Who is vulnerable to and at the risk of committing criminal offences because of
personal, family and social .Circumstances. Some of the examples mentioned in the law
are: being abandoned or neglected, and living .In a community with a high level of
criminality or drug abuse. “Child in Conflict with the Law” or CICL on the other hand
refers to a child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an
offence under Philippine laws. A child can commit an act or omission whether
punishable under special laws or the amended Revised. Penal Code which is referred
to as an “Offence”. Under Republic Act 10630, offences which only apply to a child and
not to adults are called “Status Offences”. These shall not be considered as offences
and shall not .be punished if committed by a child. Examples of status offences include
curfew violations, truancy, .parental disobedience and the like. Before R.A. No. 9344
was enacted, children at risk and CICL were treated much like adult offenders as .when
former President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. signed into law the Judiciary Reorganization
Act 1980 which abolished the juvenile and domestic relations courts. As such child
offenders were subjected to the .same adversarial proceedings as their adult
counterparts. As an offshoot of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC), the R.A. No. 9344 ,intends to deal with these children without resorting to
judicial proceedings. Instead of punishing juvenile .offenders and treating them as
criminals, these child offenders will be provided by the State and the community with
assistance to prevent them from committing future offences.

4.How are prisoners in the death row are being treated and controlled? D
Death row inmates are kept in a cell 6 feet by 9 feet by 9.5 feet high. When a
death warrant is signed, the inmate is moved to a cell 7 feet by 12 feet by 8.5 feet high.
Signing of a death warrant does not halt appeals. The DOC has people on duty up to
the moment of execution in case a stay is issued. All visitors must be approved. For
information about visiting days and hours, contact the classification officer at the
assigned facility. Death row inmates are counted hourly. They are escorted in handcuffs
and wear them everywhere except in their cells, the exercise yard and the shower. They
stay in their cells except for medical issues, visits, exercise time or interviews with the
media. When a death warrant is signed, the inmate may have a legal and social phone
call. Death row inmates are under closer supervision and do not get out of their cells as
often as the non-death row inmates.