The Benefits that may obtained from Probation are the following:

 It reduces the burden on the police forces and institutions of feeding and guarding detainees.
 It gives the first and light offenders a second chance in life and provides an opportunity for the
reformation of a penitent offender.
 It makes the offender productive or taxpayers instead of tax-eaters.
 It restores to successful probationers his civil rights.
 It has been proven effective in developing countries that have adopted it.
 It is advocated by the United Nations in its various congresses in crime prevention and treatment of
offenders.
Concept of Probation
Probation implies that during the period of time fixed by the court , the defendant is provided with
individualized community based treatment including conditions he is required by the court to fulfill his
correction and rehabilitation which might be less probable if he were to serve a prison sentence and for this
purpose, he is placed under the actual supervision and visitation of a probation officer.
If the defendant ( client/probationer ) violates any of the conditions of his probation, the court may revoked his
probation and order him to serve the sentence originally imposed.

PROBATION IS A COURT FUNCTIONS

 First , determine his guilt – the court would convict sentence said offender
 Second , when the court determines whether or not to grant probation upon application of the offender.

PROBATION IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS

Once the court has granted probation to an offender and has duly imposed the terms and condition of the
probation, the probation officer has the bounded duty to see to it that the probationer observes all terms and
conditions imposed by the court. Probation supervision is then a primarily an administrative process.
The primary purpose of probation supervision are:
 To carry out the conditions set forth in the probation order;
 To ascertain whether the probationer is following said conditions
 To bring about the rehabilitation of the probationer and his reintegration into the community.

At this juncture, it is to be emphasized that in spite of the fact that the Parole and Probation Administration
(PPA) is an executive agency, control of the court over the probationer is not lost.
 The probationer and his probation program shall be under the control of the court placed him on
probation subject to actual supervision and visitation by a probation officers.
Element of Probation
 A post sentence investigation report will serve as the informational for the court’s decision to grant or
deny probation
 The conditional suspension of execution sentence by the court
 Condition of probation imposed by the court to protect public safety and to faster the rehabilitation and
reformation of the probationer.
 Supervision, guidance and assistance of the offender by a probation officer
Benefits of Probation
1. It protect society
 From the excessive cost of detention
 Form the high rate of recidivism of detained offender
2. It protect the victim
 It provide restitution
 It preserves justice
3. It protect the family
 It does not deprive the wife and children of husband and father
 It maintains the unity of a home
4. It assist government
 It reduces the population of prisons and jail
 It lessens the clogging of court’
 It lightens the load of prosecutors
5. It helps the offender
 It maintain his earing power
 It provides rehabilitation in the community
 It restores his dignity
6. It justifies the philosophy of men
 That life is sacred
 That man deserve a second chance
 That an individual can change
 That society has the moral obligation to lift the fallen

PAROLE AND PROBATION ADMINISTRATION

This agency is established by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 968 Attached agency under the Department of
Justice responsible for providing a less costly alternative to imprisonment of first-time offenders who are likely
to respond to individualized community- based treatment programs.

Executive Order No. 292, the Administrative Code of 1987

Probation Administration was renamed as Parole and Probation Administration
Added mandate of administering the parole system and assists the Board of Pardons and Parole in the
performance of its functions and responsibilities the investigation and supervision of First Time Minor Drug
Offenders ( FTMDO) placed under suspended sentence.
Under Republic Act No.10389, “Recognizance Act of 2012”, the Administration was directed to monitor and
evaluate the activities of the person on release on recognizance.

FUNCTIONS:
 To administer the parole and probation system
 To exercise supervision over parolees, pardonees and probationers
 To promote the correction and rehabilitation of criminal offenders
PROBATION Administration (Central Office)
 Headed by the Probation Administrator , hereinafter referred to as the Administrator.
 It is appointed by the President of the Philippines. He shall hold office during good behavior and shall
not be removed except for cause.

Duties and Functions:

 Act as the executive officer of the Administration;
  Exercise supervision and control over all probation officers
 Make annual reports to the Secretary of Justice, in such form as the latter may prescribe, concerning the
operation administration and improvement of the probation system;
 Promulgate, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice, the necessary rules relative to the
methods and procedures of the probations process.
 Recommended to the Secretary of Justice the appointment if the subordinate personnel of his
Administration and other offices established in this Decree ; and
 Generally, perform such duties and exercise such power as may be necessary or incidental to achieve the
objectives of this Decree.

REGIONAL PROBATION OFFICE ( REGIONAL OFFICES)

 Headed by a Regional Probation Officer Supervision and control over all probation officer within his
jurisdiction and such duties as may assigned to him by the Administrator (Assistant regional Probation
Officer)
 Appointed by President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Justice

PROVICIAL AND CITY PROBATION OFFICERS (Province/City Office)

 There shall be at least one probation officer in each province and city.
 Appointed by the Secretary of Justice upon recommendation of the Administrator

Duties (PROVICIAL AND CITY PROBATION OFFICERS)

 Investigate all persons referred to him for investigation by the proper court or the Administrator
 Instruct all probationers under his supervision of that of the probation aide on the terms and conditions
of their probationers
 Keep himself informed of the conduct and condition of probationers under his charge and use all
suitable methods to bring about an improvement in their conduct and conditions;
 Maintain a detailed record of his work and submit such written reports as may be required by the
Administration or the court having jurisdiction over the probationer under his supervision.
 Prepare a list of qualified resident of the province or city where he is assigned who are willing to act as
probations aides;
 Supervise the training of probation aides and oversee the latter’s supervisions of probationers;
 Exercise supervision and control over field assistants , probation aides and other personnel
 Perform such duties as may be assigned by the court or the Administration