UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS College of Criminal

Justice Education MODULE in CA3 (Therapeutic

Community Modality)

Course: CA 3
Course Title: Therapeutic Modalities
Course Credits: 2 units
Contact Hours/week: 3 hours lecture/week
Prerequisite: Criminology 1/CA1

Course Description:

This course covers the different therapeutic modalities, treatment models, treatment programs,
and policy or program intervention for both in Institutional and non-institutional corrections. The
forging of partnerships, involvement and engagement of Government Agencies, Religious Sector,
Private Foundations, Institutions and Non-Governmental Organizations focused on the
Detainee’s/Inmate’s/Person Deprived Liberty’s total welfare and well-being.

Course Outcomes: At the end of the trimester, the students are expected to have:
1. Explain, apply, and critique the rehabilitation and reformation programs of the BJMP,
Provincial Jails, BUCOR, and other similar facilities.
2. Explain, apply, and critique the re-integration programs of the PDLs of BJMP, Provincial
Jails, BUCOR, and other similar facilities to the community, and the relevant community
policies and laws on former PDLs.
3. Critique and design rehabilitation programs, reintegration programs, and promotion of human
rights programs among the PDLs across all institutions.
Module 3:

PDL’s Admission Process and Procedures in the BJMP, Provincial Jails and BUCOR

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 demonstrate a deep understanding of the admission process and procedures under the
BUCOR;
 explain why a PDL is admitted at the DRD

Teaching-Learning Activity/Lesson Proper:

Topic 8. Admission process in prison (BUCOR)

Purpose of confinement - A person is committed to prison or jail-

a) to segregate him from society; and
b) to rehabilitate him so that upon his return to society he shall be a responsible and law-
abiding citizen.

Safekeeping - the custodial component of the BuCor’s present corrections system.

- refer to the act that ensures the public that national inmates are provided with
their basic needs, completely incapacitated from further committing criminal acts, and
have been totally cut off from their criminal networks while serving sentence inside the
premises of the national penitentiary.

Reformation - the rehabilitation component of the BuCor’s present corrections system.

- shall refer to the acts which ensure the public that released national inmates are no
longer harmful to the community by becoming reformed individuals prepared to live a normal
and productive life upon reintegration to the mainstream society.

The BuCor operates with a directorial structure. The Security and Operations Directorates
provide basic needs and security for the prison. The Directorate for Reformation administers the
reformation programs. The Directorate for External Relations prepares inmates for reintegration into
mainstream society. The question now is, what directorate is responsible for the admission of new
inmates?
Admission of newly committed PDLs at the BUCOR is actually done at the Directorate
for Reception and Diagnostics.

Directorate for Reception and Diagnostics (Formerly Reception and Diagnostic Center)
This is a special unit of prison (Camp Sampaguita) where new PDLs undergo diagnostic
examination, study and observation for the purpose of determining the programs of treatment and
training best suited to their needs for a total period of 60 days and the institution to which they
should be transferred.
The newly committed PDL undergo the necessary test, examination, etc.
before finally transferred to the operating institutions.
 a. Admission of prisoners. The BuCor, through its penal establishments, shall receive prisoners
from competent authority upon presentation of the following documents:
 Mittimus/Commitment Order of the Court,
 Information and Court Decision in the case,
 Certification of Detention,
 Certification of No Pending Case,
 Certification of Non-Appeal, and
 Provincial Form 35 / Inmate data sheet
b. A female offender shall be received only at the Correctional Institution for Women.
c. All prisons and penal farms are also authorized to receive directly from courts convicted
prisoners in consonance with the Supreme Court Circular No. 63-97 dated October 6, 1997.

Registration Book – A prison shall keep a bound registration book wherein all
commitments shall be recorded chronologically.

The register shall contain the following entries:

a. Name of the PDL;
b. Reason for commitment and the authority thereof;
c. Sentence;
d. Date and hour of admission; and
e. Date and hour of discharge or transfer and basis thereof.

 Admission process – After registration, the inmate shall be photographed, front and side view,
fingerprinted and assigned a permanent prison number. The male inmate shall then be given a
regulation haircut and his beard/mustache, if any, shall be shaven off.
 Place for admission – The admission of an inmate shall be made in an area that is
physically separated from the general prison population.

Admission procedure: (RA 10575, IRR)

1. Receiving – the new prisoner is received at the DRD. The new prisoner usually
comes from a provincial or city jail where he was immediately committed upon
conviction by the court, and escorted by the escort platoon during his transfer to the
National Prison.

2. Checking of Commitment Papers – the receiving officer checks the commitment papers if
they are in order. That is, if they contain the signature of the judge or the signature of the clerk
of court, and the seal of the court.

3. Identification / Booking – the Prisoner’s identity is established through the picture and
fingerprint appearing in the commitment order. This is to ensure that the person being
committed is the same as the person being named in the commitment order.

4. Searching /Shakedown – this step involves the frisking of the prisoner and searching
his personal things. Weapons and other items classified as
 contraband are confiscated and deposited to the property custodian. Other properties are
deposited with the trust fund officer under recording and receipts.

Pat – patting of subjects clothing

Rub – patting of body over the clothing including the groin, buttocks, and breast
Strip – naked search
Body Cavity Search – expose body cavities like Anus and Vagina to look for
contrabands

5. Briefing and Orientation – the prisoner will be brief and oriented on the rules and
regulations of the prison before he will be assigned to the DRD of the Quarantine Unit.

6. Issuance of Clothes and Equipment – from the receiving office, the new prisoner
goes to the supply room where he receives his prison uniform, mosquito net, and
beddings.

7. Assignment to Quarters – after the prisoner is issued his clothing’s and beddings, he is
sent to the quarantine unit. The quarantine may be a unit of the prison or a secation of the
Reception Center.

Body search of inmate; personal effects

Upon admission, the inmate shall be searched thoroughly. He shall be allowed to retain in his
possession only such articles as are authorized hereunder. A list of all articles taken from the inmate
shall be entered in the inmate’s record and receipted for by the guard in charge thereof. All articles
taken from the inmate shall be return to him upon his discharge unless previously disposed of at the
inmate’s request or ordered condemned by the Superintendent after a lapsed of two (2) years.

Hairpieces - An inmate may not wear a wig or artificial hairpiece, unless medical authorization
to do so is approved by the Superintendent

Confiscation of contraband - Narcotics and all other prohibited drugs or substances, as well as weapons
of any kind, substances or chemicals that may cause bodily harm, and any other items or articles that a
PDL is not permitted to possess under prison rules, will be considered contraband and confiscated
accordingly.

Issuance of uniforms etc.

The newly-admitted inmate shall be issued two (2) regulation uniforms/suits and two
(2) t-shirts. Whenever practicable, he shall also be issued the following items:
a. One (1) blanket;
b. One (1) mat;
c. One (1) pillow with pillow case;
d. One (1) mosquito net;
e. One (1) set, mess kit; and
f. One (1) pair, slippers.
 Personal effects of inmate
In addition to the articles supplied by the prison, the inmate may bring clothes and other
items essential to his well-being, provided the quantity, nature and dimension thereof will not
interfere with the safety and living conditions of the other inmates. The Superintendent may allow the
inmate to bring in electrical equipment like television sets, radio cassettes, video players, electric fans
and similar items provided the same is for common use with other inmates.
In no case shall an inmate be allowed to bring in luxurious items such as air conditioners,
carpets, sofas, beds, sleeping mattresses, washing machines and the like.

Wearing of jewelry
An inmate may not wear any jewelry items. He may, however, be allowed an inexpensive
watch.

Inmate Record
The RDC shall keep a complete record of an inmate which shall include the inmate’s
personal circumstances; a brief personal, social and occupational history; the result of the intake
interview; and initial security classification.

Prison Record - information concerning an inmate’s personal circumstances, the offense he

committed, the sentence imposed, the criminal case numbers in the trial and appellate courts,
the date he commenced service for sentence, the date he was received for confinement, the
date of expiration of his sentence, the number of previous convictions, if any, and his behavior
or conduct while in prison.

Carpeta (also known as the inmate record or jacket) - Institutional record of an inmate
which includes the mittimus/commitment order, the prosecutor’s information and the
decision of the trial court, including that of the appellate court.

Enhancement Activity:
A. In one or two sentences, explain why a PDL is admitted first to the DRD instead of
committing him directly to the operating institution.

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