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3. It refers to the manner or practice of managing or 7. It is one of the earliest devices for softening brutal
controlling places of confinement as in jails or prisons. severity of punishment through a compromise with the
a. Penology church
b. Penal Management a. Benefit of Clergy b. None
c. Correctional Administration – systematic c. Rehabilitation d.
management of jails and prison Retribution
d. Correction – pillar of criminal justice system which
deals with custody, supervision, treatment, & Securing sanctuary = escaping from punishment
rehabilitation through serving the church for 40 days
Benefit clergy = power of the church to conduct trial
4. It is that branch of the administration of Criminal and judgment (ecclesiastical court)
Justice System charged with the responsibility Retribution = “classical” / Cesare Beccaria /
for the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of “vengeance”
the convicted offender. Rehabilitation – latin “habilitare” – to make a person
fit”
a.Law Enforcement
b. Prosecution 8. In the 13th century, a criminal could avoid punishment
c.Corrections by claiming refugee in a church for a period of ___ at
d. Community the end of which time he has compelled to leave the
realm by a road or path assigned to him.
5. It is a means correcting an offender by placing him a. 30 days
to a community where he can be treated well until b. 50 days
he becomes fully recovered and accepted by the c. 40 days – securing sanctuary
community. d. 60 days
a. Institutional Correction
b. Non-Institutional Correction
c. BJMP
10. It refers to a long, low, narrow, single decked ships 17. The most popular workhouse in London which was built
propelled by sails, usually rowed by criminals. A for the employment and housing of English prisoners.
type of ship used for transportation of criminals in a. Bridewell – 1st English prison
the 16th century. b. Hospicio de San Michelle – juvenile reformatory
made the catholic church (Pope Clement XI)
a. Gaols (French word for Jail)
c. Saint Bridget Well
d. Walnut Street Jail – 1st American prison
b. Galley Slavery (Philadelphia)
c. Hulks (Floating Hell)
18. It was opened in 1876 (1870 -1880 – golden age of
d. Compters (London) penology), was the first penal institution to remodel its
philosophy away from punitive and retributive practices
11. According to this ancient law that was practice in the and veered towards reformation and treatment
areas of Babylon, the killer is answerable not to the educational and vocational are imparted to the prisoner
family but to the king: as a way to treat his lack of life skills to survive
a. Code of Hammurabi – lex talionis; tit for tat; according to the rules of the outside society:
1st codified law (BABYLON) a. Elmira reformatory – “the hill” – forerunner of
b. Roman twelve tables – 1st codification of roman law modern penology (z.b.)
(ROME) b. Sing-sing prisons – “shower bath” / Elam Lynds
c. Pharaoh’s law – law of Egypt c. Alcatraz – “the rock” – built by: John Edgar Hoover;
d. Burgundian code – gives punishment according to Hardest Prison
social classes. (FRANCE) d. Walnut Street jail
12. In the ancient times, who were commonly subjected to 3 great escapees of Alcatraz
harsh punishments? 1. Frank Morris (highest iq in Alcatraz)
2. John Anglin
a. Middle class b. Black people 3. Clarence Anglin
c. Slaves d. Any of the
19. The early Roman place of confinement which was built
above. under the main sewer of Rome in 64 BC refers to:
a. Town Gates
CONFLICT THEORY – BY KARL MARX
b. Wulnut Street Jail
BOURGEIOS – OWNERS / CAPITALISTS
c. Bridewell Workhouse
PROLETARIATS – LABORERS
d. Mamertine Prison – “carcere mamertino”
13. It refers to prison which is used to confine slaves
20. He introduced the progressive stage system. It was
where they were attached to workbenches and
also referred to as the Irish System:
forced to do hard labor in the period of their a. Evelyn Ruggles Brise – “BORSTAL” Boys 16-21
imprisonment. b. Manuel Montesinos – Valencia spain = Prison
a. Underground Cistern b. Sing-Sing Companies headed by a petty officer (Mayor)
Correctional Facility c. Sir Walter Crofton
c. Ergastulum d. Alcatraz Federal d. Alexander Maconochie – father of parole; “Marks
Penitentiary System”
15. Existed 350 years before Hammurabi or 2100 years 22. He sponsored the Irish system which is well-thought-
before Christ was born, the king ruled the City of Ur in out by many as one of the most famous contributor to
ancient Sumeria: the reformatory movement.
a. king Ur Nammu – “myth” (Sumerian Law) a. Z.R. Brockway
b. king Herodes b. Alexander Macanochie
c. Emperor Justinian c. Ceasar Lombroso – Father of modern and empirical
d. None of the above criminology; “positivist school”; “ATAVISM”; Leader of
24. He is the first leader to prescribe imprisonment as 31. It refers to a Prison System whereby prisoners are
correctional treatment for major offenders also confined in their own cells during the night and
responsible for the abolition of death penalty and congregate work in shops during the day also known
torture as a form of punishment. as “Congregate System”.
a. John Howard a. Auburn Prison System - congregate system
b. Charles Montesquieu – “harsh punishment will b. Custody Oriented Prison
weaken morality” c. Pennsylvania Prison System – “SSS” – solitary
c. William Penn system, silent system, separate system”
d. Jeremy Bentham – “PHUF” – panopticon; hedonism; d. Treatment Oriented Prison
utilitarianism, felicific calculus
32. This prison is known as the “ROCK” built in San
25. Who advocated the principle that the basis of all social Francisco Bay.
actions must be the utilitarian conception of the a. New York Prison c. San Francisco
greatest happiness for the greatest number? Prison
a. John Howard b. Jeremy b. Alcatraz Prison d. New Gate
Bentham Prison
c. Cesare Beccaria d. Location: San Francisco Bay
George Void Advantages:
1. Hardened steel
Cesare Beccaria (FRED) 2. Strong current
- Classical school / rational choice / juristic theory 3. 5 degrees Celsius
- Cause of crime = Frewill Scarface – “al Capone”
- Punishment – Retribution
- Effect of punishment = Deterrence 33. Who are the three (3) famous escapees of Alcatraz
Prison?
I. Al Capone
26. He opened Borstal Institution (Her Majesty Prison II. John Anglin
Rochester) with a Borstal System near Rochester, III. Clarence Anglin
Kent IV. Frank Morris
England in 1902, which was considered as the a. 1 2 3 c. 2 3 4
best reform institutions for young offenders: b. 4 3 1 d. 1 2 4
a. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise
34. The first and longest who served as warden in the
b. Alexander Maconochie Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (THE ROCK) from
c. James Cook September 15, 1874 to September 7, 1954?
a. James Aloysius Johnston “Old Saltwater”
d. Jeremy Bentham b. James V. Bennett
c. Olin “Gypsy or Blackie” G. Blackwell
27. He was one of the Great Prison Reformers who d. Vicomte Jean Jacques Philippe Villain XIV
published a book entitled “The State of Prisons in
England 35. This state prison contained cells in the pits similar to
and Wales”. the underground cistern of long ago rome:
a. St Michael System
a. Jeremy Bentham b. John Augustus (Shoemaker)
b. Sing-Sing prisons – shower bath; 1st – electric chair
c. Elizabeth Fry d. John Howard
c. Maine State prisons – underground prison
d. Walnut Street – 1st American penitentiary
28. Who among the following was given the title
“Father of Prison Reform in the United States”? Penitentiary – prison
(0415) Penitent – prisoner
a. Director Zebulon Brockway Penitence – punishment
56. The Iwahig penal colony and farm, a national 64. It is considered as the highest income earner
penitentiary under the Bureau of Corrections is located among the Philippine Correctional Institution.
in ____. “PPP” a. Iwahig Penal Colony
a. Coron Palawan c. El Nido Palawan b. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
b. Puerto Princesa d. Occidental c. Davao Penal Colony
Mindoro – SABLAYAN (1954) d. Sablayan Prison and Farm
57. It is an institution intended to detain or house political 65. Gov. Luke E. Wright made the suggestion
offenders. (Authorized) of the construction of this penal
a. Iwahig Penal farm (1905) institution and it was established on 1904 through
b. Davao Penal Farm (1932) the orders of Gov. Forbes. It is considered as one
c. San Ramon Prison and Penal farm (1869-70) of the most open penal institutions in the world.
d. Sablayan Prison Farm (1954) a. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
SAN RAMON – Oldes Penal Colony
b. Sta Lucia- 9,685 hectares;
c. Inagawan - 13,000 hectares.
58. The Sablayan Penal Colony and Farm, a National
Penitentiary in the Philippines under the BUCOR is
located in ____. d. Central - 14,700 hectares;
a. Palawan b. Zamboanga
c. Oriental Mindoro d. Occidental 66. The Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm is a
Mindoro National Penitentiary in the Philippines under
NBP & CIW = NCR the BUCOR is
131. An enemy combatant, high ranking official or a 140. An institution for the imprisonment of persons
civilian in danger of capture or death, typically in convicted of major offenses refers to
possession of critical intelligence, data, or a. Jail b. Prison
authority marked as an objective for a mission. c. Penitentiary d. All of the above
a. High Value Target Jail
b. Security Threat Group 1. French “gaol” – dungeon
2. Spanish “jaulo / caula” – cage
c. Violent Extremist Offender
Prison
d. Terrorist Group
Latin – Presidio – “pre – before; sidio – inside”
Bilibid
132. If escorting an inmate, a guard shall keep distance of Tagalog – bilibiran – tie a person in rope
not less than ____ paces from his charge.
a. 10 b. 30 141. The establishment of the usefulness and responsibility
c. 15 d. 45 of the offender as a productive individual is a
punishment justified by
133. The ideal ratio or escort is____ prison guard for a. Expiation b. Rehabilitation
every____number of inmates. c. Atonement d. Retribution
144. In mess hall and dining area for purposes of 152. When the death penalty was still enforced by means of
precaution, the prescribe utensil for inmates shall be lethal injection, four guards keep a death watch, the
made of: convict is confined in an individual cell ___ hours prior
a. Wood b. Paper to the scheduled time of execution which is usually
c. Plastic d. Carton 3:00 in the afternoon.
a. 6 c. 24
b. 12 d. 36
145. Mr. Chaps a prisoner from New Bilibid Prison
carry a pair of spoon and fork in dining hall to eat 153. A chemical that is injected to a Death Convict that puts
his favorite Chicken inasal with Chicken oil, Chili, him into deep sleep in lethal injection.
Soy sauce and calamansi. As a Correction Officer a. Potassium Chloride - Stop Heart Beat
or Jail Officer what will you do? b. Pancuronium Bromide – Paralyze the
a. Confiscate the food and conduct strip search muscle
b. Ignore him because its lunch break c. Sodium Thiopental
c. Confiscate the spoon and fork and make a d. Sodium chloride
report RA 8177 – Lethal Injection Law
1st convict of lethal injection = Leo Echegaray
d. Conduct surveillance
(statutory Rape)
Other term: intravenous poisoning
146. Who provides the security system of sound custody,
security and control of inmates and their movements
154. Execution by electrocution (referred to as the Electric
and also responsible to enforce jail or prison discipline?
Chair) is an execution method originating in the United
a. Administrative Group – planning, finance, training,
States in which the person being put to death is
budget
strapped to a specially built wooden chair and
b. Custodial Group = ratio 1 : 7
electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body. In
c. Rehabilitation Group – reformation
the Philippines, its first use was in:
d. Medical Group – health
a. 1926 b. 1976
c. 1972 d. 1918
147. Refers to the head of Bureau of Correction.
1st use = Sing Sing Prison
a. C, BuCor
b. Director
155. Commission of Art. 247 of RPC has a penalty of
c. Director General (rank:usec) – who appoints
banishing a person from the place where he committed
this person? President; term: 6 years
a crime refers to what contemporary forms of
d. Commander
punishment
a. Atonement b. Destierro (25-250 km
What is the highest position in the BJMP?
radious)
➔C, BJMP (Rank: Jail Director) – 2 stars = 4 years
c. Exile d. Incapacitation
Who is the 1st chief of the BJMP? J/Dir. Charles
Mondejar
156. It is the conversion of fines into imprisonment
a. Straight penalty
148. Who appoints the Director General of BuCor who shall
b. Maximum penalty
be the Head of the Bureau?
c. Subsidiary imprisonment
a. Chief BJMP b. Sec. of DILG
d. Preventive imprisonment – DETENTION
c. Chief Executive d. Sec. of DOJ
Chief executive = President
157. Jihoz Axie was placed where in the public will be
protected if he is being held in conditions where he
149. BUCOR has three (3) Assistant Directors, one for
cannot harm others. He was punished by placing
Administration, one for Rehabilitation and one for:
offenders in prison so that society will be ensured from
a. Health and Care services
further criminal depredations. This is called as _____
b. Prisons Operation and Security
a. Deterrence
c. Correction and Rehabilitation
b. Incapacitation & Protection
d. Custody and Security
c. Retribution
Note: all assistant directors has a rank of Asec
d. Atonement
1st in command = Director Gen.
159. These are the factors considered in diversification, 169. Juan Tausan is a newly arrived inmate committed for
EXCEPT; the first time. He classified as ____ among the
a. Age of offenders classification of inmates according to privileges.
b. Mother of offender a. 1st class inmate b. 3rd class
c. Sex of offenders inmate c. 2nd class inmate d.
d. Medical condition Colonist
DIVERSIFICATION = CLASSIFICATION / 3x or more imprisoned = 3rd class
SEGREGATION OF INMATES 1st time offender / newly arrived = 2nd class
1st class – promoted from the 2nd class due to GCTA
160. Vina Barurot was placed in a separate cell or a special
building on the same site with the men prison. This is Privileges of colonist
called as 1. 40 years ➔ 30 years
a. Diversification by Sex 2. Subsidy / financial assistance
b. Segregation 3. Civilian clothes
c. Diversification by Age 4. Use of facilities
d. Diversification by Degree of Custody 5. Live with your family
161. Which of these refers to the assigning or grouping of 170. To be a ______, one must be at least a 1 st class
offenders according to their sentence, gender, age, inmate and has serve one year immediately
nationality, health, criminal record, etc.? preceding the completion of the period specified
A. None of these
in the following qualification: has served
B. Custody
imprisonment with good conduct for at least 7
C. Security
D. Safe-keeping years in the case of life imprisonment.
a. 1st class inmate
162. The B.J.M.P. is under the administration of the: b. 2nd class inmate
a. Department of the Interior and Local c. 3rd class inmate
Government d. Colonist
b. Department of Interior and Local Government
c. Department of the Interior and the Local 171. Rendon Labador is colonist, when classified by the
Government director of the Bureau of Corrections who is punished
d. Department of Interior and the Local Government with reclusion perpetua will have benefit from an
automatic reduction from maximum term of forty years
163. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was to ___.
created thru ____ as one of the Tri Bureau under the a. 20 Years b. 25
Department of Interior and Local Government. Years
a. Section 13, RA 6975 - NAPOLCOM c. 30 Years d. 35
b. Section 53, RA 6975 – BFP Years
c. Section 23 of RA 6975 – PNP
d. Section 60 of RA 6975 172. Aguilar is a prisoner confined in a level of security
facility which is usually enclosed by a thick wall about
164. All except one is included in the command group of 18-25 feet high, on top are catwalks in every corner, a
BJMP tower post is manned by heavily armed guards:
a. Chief of Staff - HEAD OF THE AFP a. Maximum security facility
b. Deputy C/BJMP b. Medium security facility
c. Chief of BJMP c. Super maximum security facility (not existing in the
d. Chief of Directorial staff Philippines)
d. Minimum security facility
165. The Jail Bureau shall be headed by a chief with a rank
of Director, and assisted by Deputy Chief with the rank 173. This group consists of chronic troublemakers but not
of Senior Superintendent. This sentence is as dangerous as the super security prisoners (max).
a. partially true c. true They are not allowed to work outside the institution.
b. partially false d. false a. maximum security prisoners
DEPUTY CHIEF OF BJMP = CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT b. super security prisoners
(1 STAR) c. minimum security prisoners
d. medium security prisoners
166. What is the minimum rank required to be appointed as
Chief Bureau of Jail Management and Penology? 174. The institution for dangerous but not incorrigible
a. Superintendent prisoners in the Philippines is the
b. C/Superintendent a. NBP
c. Senior Superintendent (Col.) b. Medium Security Institution
d. Director c. Maximum Security Institution
WHAT IS THE MINIMUM RANK TO BECOME A CBIEF d. Minimum Security Institution
PNP?
1 STAR - BGEN 175. The minimum security prisons provides a model for
those inmates who are:
167. Under RA 9263, who is 2nd in command in BJMP? a. First-time offenders - medium
195. It refers to the entrusting for confinement of an inmate 203. Before the actual date of interview, the media shall file
to a jail by competent court or authority for request within ____ and the duration of interview must
investigation, trial and/or service of sentence be _____ minutes.
a. Commitment b. a. 1 day – 10 minutes b. 3 days – 20
Safekeeping minutes
c. Entrustment d. c. 2 days – 20 minutes d. 8 days – 15 minutes
Imprisonment
Other term : incarceration, imprisonment, isolation, 204. It should be executed by the interviewer, which will
confinement exempt prison authorities from any liability arising from
death or injury sustained while in prison:
196. All letters for the inmates before distribution shall pass a. Waiver of Liability
through ______ for inspection and examination of b. Waiver of Responsibility
contents c. Waiver of Acceptance
a. Mail examination d. Waiver of Agreement
b. Letter checking
c. Letter sorting 205. The head of prison may establish _______ whenever
d. Mail Censorship the frequency of requests for interviews reach a
volume that warrants limitations:
197. If the inmate fails to claim his letter within ____ after a. Media group c. Press pool (list of accredited
it has been posted, the mail should be delivered to him. media)
a. 48 hours b. 24 hours b. news team d. public affairs
c. 30 days d. 60 days
Political prisoner (treason, rebellion, national security)
198. All letters passed by censors should bear the censor’s – they are not allowed to be interview live
stamp at the ____ of each page and on the envelope.
The letter should be placed back in the same envelope 206. Will Dasovitch is a newly arrived inmate in the BJMP,
and resealed. he was placed in shakedown procedure. Who among
a. Back b. Conspicuous Area the following shall be responsible in the custody of all
c. Side d. Top the properties seized from the detainee prior to his
detention?
199. Quezon City Jail experience a sudden jailbreak, as part a. Custodial Officer
of the SOP, who will immediately sound the alarm? b. Chief of Detention Center
a. Desk Officer b. Armorer c. Property Custodian Officer
c. Control Center d. Officer-in-Charge d. Evidence Custodian / Officer
Jail break = mass escape
Shakedown = all personal property will be kept
Sop for jail breaks Greyhound = all personal property considered as
S – SOUND THE ALARM contraband ➔ disposal
A – ASK FOR POLICE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
L – LOCK ALL CELLS 207. Female detainees shall not be transported in handcuffs
V – VISITOR OUT but only with necessary restraint and proper escort
A – ALL MEMBERS OF THE CUSTODIAL FORCE MUST preferably aided by a police woman. The statement is
BE ISSUED FIRE ARMS a. Yes b. Wholly True
R – READY TO PLUG ESCAPE ROUTE c. Partially False d. Wholly False
I – ISSUE ANTI RIOT EQUIPMENT (GROUP 1)
V –VISIT AND ENGAGE 208. The act of getting out unlawfully from confinement or
I – INITIATE DISPERSAL custody by an inmate
T – TACTICAL TEAM IS THE LAST RESORT a. Escapium
215. Which of the following statements is not true (FALSE)? 224. Salvador Puga is prisoner having the natural inclination
a. Provincial Jails in the Philippines are under or tendency to evade custody against the will of the
the jurisdiction of the DOJ (F) custodian or from the place where he is held in lawful
b. Provincial Jails are managed and controlled by the custody or confinement.
provincial government (T) a. Escape Prone Prisoner
c. The jail bureau controls the administration and b. Mental Deranged Prisoner – insane prisoner
supervision of all jails nationwide (T) c. Sex Deviate Prisoner – abnormal sexuality
d. The BJMP is under the DILG (T) d. Alien Prisoner – foreigner
216. Roger Petras was able to commit hustling in the BJMP. 225. What form of Executive Clemency was given
What is referred to as “hustling” inside the prison? when it reduces the sentence of a convicted person
a. Reporting illegal activities into a shorter term?
b. Doing prison assignment a)Shortening c) Amnesty
c. Using prohibited drugs b)Reprieve d)
d. Selling illegal commodities Commutation
217. There are various types of prison programs. What type
226. What is this early form of prison discipline
of program that secures prisoner from escape or
violence? that involved giving the same food that is “off” die, or
a. Maintenance requiring the prisoners to perform dowdy and boring
b. Rehabilitative daily routine?
231. When the prisoner is pardoned under certain 1ST CRIME – MURDER ➔ GUILTY ➔ 20 YEARS ➔
administrative requirements like reporting monthly to SERVED ➔ RELEASED ➔ 2ND CRIME – HOMICIDE
SAME TILE = CRIMES AGAINST PERSON
a judge for a certain number of years.
a) Situational Pardon c) Absolute
HABITUAL DELINQUENT – 3X OR MORE CONVICTED
Pardon
WITHIN THE PERIOD OF 10 YEARS
b) Pardon d) Conditional FRESH
pardon F – FALSIFICATION
R – ROBBERY
232. These are inmates who require less E – ESTAFA
supervision than other inmates. S – S/LS P.I.
a) Jail Aide H – HURTO – THEFT
b) Risk Inmates in BJMP Jails
c) High Profile Inmates in BJMP Jails
d) Escape-Prone Inmates
a. administrator c. clergyman
b. secretary of DOJ D. train in correction
a. 1 and 2 b. 3 and 4
c. 1 and 3 d. 2 and 3
Term for prison hospital = INFIRMARY