CORRECTIONAL

ADMINISTRATION
(INSTITUTIONAL
CORRECTION
CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION 1 (INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION)

CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION 2 (NON-INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTION)

Absconding Petitioner- A convicted defendant whose application for probation has been given
due course by the court but fails to report to the probation office or cannot be located
within a reasonable period of time.

Absconding Probationer- A person whose probation was granted but failed to report for supervision
or fails to continue reporting for supervision or whose whereabouts are unknown for a reasonable
period of time

Absolute Pardon- The extinction of the criminal liability of the individual to whom itis granted
without any condition and restores to the individual his civil rights

AMNESTY- An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion or general pardon for a past
offense usually granted in favor of certain classes of persons who have committed crimes of a
political character, such as treason, sedition or rebellion

CONDITIONAL PARDON- The extinction of the criminal liability of an individual, within certain
limits or conditions, from the punishment which the law inflicts for the offense he has
committed.

NON-INSTITUTIONAL
CORRECTIONS
refer to that method of
correcting
sentenced offenders without
having to
go to prison
NON-INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS refer to that method of correcting sentenced offenders
without having to go to prison

3. Executive Clemency- It is the power of the Chief Executive to grant amnesty, commutation of
sentence, pardons, reprieve and remit fines and forfeitures to convicted prisoners.

4. Restorative Justice Programs- It refers to the program enacted under RA 9344 for CICL’s that
required to undergo after he/she is found responsible for an offense without resorting to formal
court proceeding like diversion, intervention and community based programs.

1. Probation- It is a disposition whereby under which a defendant, after conviction and

sentence, is released subject to conditions imposed by the court and to the supervision of a
probation officer.

2. Indeterminate Sentence Law/Parole- Itis that type of correctional program that enable the
convicted felon after serving the minimum imposable penalty may be eligible for release on parole

PROBATIONER -Is a person placed on probation.

Parole -Refers to the conditional release of an offender from a correctional institution after he
has served the minimum of his prison sentence

PARDON
-An act of grace proceeding from
the power
entrusted with the execution of the
laws
which exempts the individual on
whom it
is bestowed from the punishment
that the
law inflicts for a crime he has
committed;
pardoning power is exercised
by the
President
PARDON-An act of grace proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws which
exempts the individual on whom itis bestowed from the punishment that the law inflicts for a crime
he has committed; pardoning power is exercised by the President.

COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE- Reduction of lowering, shortening of sentence. An executive

clemency changing a heavier sentence to a less serious one, or a longer prison term to a shorter one.
Granted by the president with the recommendation of the BPP.

Reprieve- is a temporary stay of the execution of the sentence. It does not annul the sentence
but merely postpones or suspends its execution.

Special Pardon- Pardon given to a single individual.

2. General Pardon- Pardon given to classes or group of person