LESSON 3: ADMISSION AND CONFINEMENT OF INMATES

Reception and Diagnostic Center (RDC)

This is a special unit of prison where new prisoners undergo diagnostic examination,
study and observation for determining the program of treatment and training best suited to their
needs and the institution to which they should be transferred.

Quarantine Unit or Cell

Upon admission of in the reception and diagnostic center, an inmate shall be placed in
quarantine for at least five (5) days during which he shall be:

 Given a physical examination to determine any physical illness or handicap or mental

ailment and to segregate those suspected of having an infectious disease. If found sick, the
inmate shall be immediately confined in the prison hospital.
 Oriented with prison rules;
 Interviewed by the counsellor, social worker or other program staff officers. The interview
shall be conducted in private.

Assignment of Inmates

After the quarantine period, the inmate shall remain in the Reception and Diagnostic Center for
a period not exceeding fifty-five (55) days where he shall undergo psychiatric, psychological,
sociological, vocational, educational and religious and other examinations.

The result of the said examinations shall be the basis for the inmate’s individualized treatment
program, thereafter, he shall be assigned to prison facility as may be recommended by the Chief
of the reception and Diagnostic Center.

RDC’s Staff
Psychiatrists
Psychologist
Sociologist
Educational Counsel
Vocational Counsel
Chaplain
Medical Officer

Admission Procedures in Prison

  Receiving
 Checking commitment papers;
 Establishing identity of the prisoner;
 Searching Prisoner;
 Assignment to quarters

Admission of Inmates
An inmate shall be admitted in the Reception and Diagnostic Center of a prison upon
presentation of the following documents:
 Mittimus/ Commitment Order of the court
 Information and Court Decision in the case
 Certification of Detention; if any; and
 Certification that the case of the inmate is not on appeal.

Admission Process
After registration, the inmate shall be photographed, from and side view, fingerprinted and
assigned a permanent prison number.
The male shall then be given a regulation haircut and his beard/ mustache, if any, shall be
shaven off.

THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS

Classification Board
Every person shall have a classification Board that shall classify inmates in accordance with
this chapter. The board shall be composed of the following:

Chairman Superintendent
Vice-chairman Chief, Reception and Diagnostic Center
Members Medical Officer
Chief, Education Section
Chief, Agro-Indusrty Section
Secretary chief Overseer

Classification- the assigning or grouping of inmates according to their sentence, gender, age,
nationality, health, criminal records, dangerousness, etc.
FOUR SEPARATE BUT COORDINATED PROCEDURES OF CLASSIFICATION

DIAGNOSIS
The prisoners’ case history is taken and his personality studied. Through examination and
observations, the RDC’s staff determines the nature and extent of the person’s criminality and
the extent to which he may be rehabilitated.

TREATMENT PLANNING
This is the formulation of a tentative treatment program best suited to the needs and interest of
an individual prisoner, based on the findings of the RDC’s staff.

EXECUTION OF THE TREATMENT PROGRAM

This is the application of the treatment program and policies by the classification committee.

RE-CLASSIFICATION
The treatment program is kept current with the inmates changing needs and with new analysis,
based on any information not available at the time of the initial classification committee meeting
of the inmate’s case, which continues from time of the first classification until the inmates are
released.

Reading Enhancement:

http://agentedilindap.blogspot.com/2006/05/reception-and-diagnostic-center-rdc.html

https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/prison/prison-life/admission-process

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2016/05/23/revised-irr-of-republic-act-no-10575/