UNIVERSITY OF CAGAYAN VALLEY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

CASE STUDY TITLE: FACTORS RELATED TO THE SLOW PROMOTION OF BJMP

PERSONNEL IN THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT REGIONAL OFFICE 02

2ND SEMESTER SY 2021-2022

CHERYL G. HILARIO

OJT Student
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

I. INTRODUCTION

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department of
the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration
and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of
safekeeping and development of its inmates, officially classed as persons deprived of liberty
(PDL). The Philippine Corrections System is composed of the institutions in the government,
civil society and the business sector involved in the confinement, correction and restoration of
persons charged for and/or convicted of delinquent acts or crimes. The public sector formulates
sound policies and rules on corrections, penology and jail management, rehabilitation and
restoration. All prisons or penitentiaries, jails and detention centres are under the direct control
and supervision of the government. The government, thus, plays a dominant role in the
correction and rehabilitation of offenders plays a dominant role in the correction and
rehabilitation of offenders.

A “jail” is defined as a place of confinement for inmates under investigation or

undergoing trial, or serving short-term sentences. “prison” which refers to the national prisons or
penitentiaries managed and supervised by the Bureau of Corrections, an agency under the
Department of Justice. Jails include provincial, district, city and municipal jails managed and
supervised by the Provincial Government and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP), respectively, which are both under the Department of the Interior and Local
Government. Municipal and city prisoners are committed to municipal, city or district.

II. ISSUES AND CONCERNS

III. LOCALE OF THE STUDY

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IV. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

V. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION

The system of promotion shall be based on merits and on the availability of

vacant ranks in the BFP and the BJMP staffing pattern. Such system shall be
gender-fair so as to ensure that women personnel of the Fire Bureau and the Jail
Bureau shall enjoy equal opportunity for promotion as of men;
Requirements for Promotion. Any personnel of the BFP and the BJMP shall
not be eligible for promotion to a higher rank unless he/she has met the
minimum qualification standards or the appropriate civil service eligibility set
by the Civil Service Commission (CSC), and has satisfactorily passed the
required psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical tests: Provided, however,
That concerned BFP and the BJMP personnel who have obtained NAPOLCOM
eligibility prior to the effectivity of Republic Act No. 9263 shall be considered
to have complied with the appropriate civil service eligibility requirement. Any
personnel of the BFP and the BJMP who has exhibited acts of conspicuous
courage and gallantry at the risk of his/her life above and beyond the call of
duty, or selected as such in a nationwide search conducted by any accredited
civic organization, shall be promoted to the next higher rank: Provided, That
these shall be validated by the DILG and the CSC based on established
criteria."

Republic Act
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