KENT D.

ADRICULA BSCRIM-3C
CORAD-101 TEACHER: ELMER CELINO
1. What are the penal colonies and farm under the management of bureau of
correction? Discuss them. One by one.

*NEW BILIBID PRISON (NBP):

 On November 15, 1940, all inmates of the Old Bilibid Prison in Manila were
transferred to the new site.  The new   institution had a capacity of 3,000
prisoners and it was officially named the New  Bilibid  Prison on January 22,
1941. The prison reservation had an area of 587 hectares, part of which was   
arable.  The prison compound proper had an area  of 300 x 300  meters  or  a  
total of nine hectares.  It was surrounded by three layers of barbed wire

* CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN (CIW): 

January 22, 1959, submitted to a committee created by Administrative Order No.

287 by the President of the Philippines, it was noted that  “before a separate building was
constructed especially for women prisoners, all female convicts were confined at the Old
Bilibid Prison on Azcarraga St., Manila.  The male prisoners were confined in dormitories
near the women’s quarters.  Because of these conditions, vocational activities of the
women prisoners were limited to embroidery.  When they became ill, the women were
confined in a separate building which served as a hospital with nurses and prison
physicians.  When women prisoners needed surgery, they were operated on at the Bilibid
Prison. After the operation, they were transferred to the infirmary for convalescence

*IWAHIG PRISON AND PENAL FARM

This facility was established during the American occupation.  It was

however, during the Spanish regime that Puerto Princesa was designated as a place
where offenders sentenced to banishment were exiled.  A specific area of Puerto
Princesa was     selected as the site for a correctional facility.  The American military
carved out a prison facility in the rain forest of Puerto Princesa. The institution had
for its first Superintendent Lt. George Wolfe, a    member of the U.S. expeditionary
force, who later became the first prisons director.
* SABLAYAN PRISON AND PENAL FARM:  

Nearer to Manila than other penal colonies, the Sablayan Penal Colony is
located in Occidental Mindoro and relatively new.  Established on September 26,
1954 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 72, the penal colony has a total land
area of approximately 16,190 hectares. 
Prison records show that the first colonists and employees arrived in Sablayan on
January 15, 1955.  Since then several buildings have been constructed, including the
colonists dormitories, employees quarters, guardhouse, schoolhouse, chapel,
recreation hall, and post exchange.
 
 

*AN RAMON PRISON AND PENAL FARM: 

According to historical accounts,  the San Ramon Prison was established in

southern Zamboanga on August 21,1870 through a royal decree promulgated in
1869.  Established during the tenure of Governor General Ramon Blanco (whose
patron saint the prison was named after), the facility was originally established for
persons convicted of political crimes.
 

*LEYTE REGIONAL PRISON:

The Leyte Regional Prison, situated in Abuyog, Southern Leyte, was

established a year after the declaration of martial law in 1972 by virtue of Presidential
Decree No. 28. While its plantilla and institutional plan were almost ideal, lack of
funds made the prison unable to realize its full potential and its facilities are often
below par compared with those of other established penal farms. 

The LRP has an inmate capacity of 500. It follows the same agricultural format as the
main correctional program in addition to some rehabilitation activities. The prison
admits convicted offenders from Region VI and from the national penitentiary in
Muntinlupa.
*DAVAO PRISON AND PENAL FARM

The Davao Penal Colony is the first penal settlement founded and organized
under Filipino administration. The settlement, which originally had an area of
approximately 30,000 hectares in the districts of Panabo and Tagum, Davao del
Norte, was formally established on January 21, 1932 by virtue of Act No. 3732. This
Act authorized the Governor-General to lease or sell the lands, buildings and
improvements in San Ramon Prison and Iwahig Penal Colony. It also granted
authority to the Secretary of Justice to establish a new prison and penal colony in a
suitable public land. A budget of P500,000 was allocated. Several committees were
created to pick a suitable site for the enal settlement. In accordance with the
recommendation of these committees, Governor Dwight Davis signed Proclamation
No. 414 on October 7, 1931, which reserved a site for the penal colony in Davao
province in Mindandao. The site offered ideal conditions for agricultural activities.