PAROLE

Parole may have different

meanings depending on the field and
judiciary system. All of the meanings
originated from the French parole (voice
or spoken word). Following its use in
late – resurrected Anglo – French
chivalric practice, the term became
associated with the release of prisoners
based on prisoners giving their word of
honor to abide by certain restrictions.
 Paroles are ways in which criminals
are supervised in order to determine
whether they are likely to commit the
same crime or any other crime during this
time period; if they do commit a crime
during this period then they are sent
back to prison to serve a jail term, both
probations and paroles are set to
determine the rehabilitation level of a
convict and whether the convict is fully
rehabilitated and whether he or she can
live with the society without committing
crimes.
 Parole as defined in the 1957
National Conference on Parole as the
“method of selectively releasing an
offender from an institution prior
to completion of his maximum
sentence, subject to conditions specified
by the paroling authority, a method
whereby society can be protected and
the offender can be provided with a
continuing treatment and supervision in
the community.”
 Parole is freedom extended to
incarcerated offenders even before the
expiration of his sentence if the offender
can show that he has been converted
into a respectable, law – abiding citizen.
Unrepentant offenders, on the other
hand, who have not made significant
progress in their treatments, can be
retained until their correction is
accomplished.
 A parolee continues to receive
treatment even when he is already
outside. He remains supervised by a
parole officer from the Probation and
Parole Administration who is tasked
with monitoring his movements and
provides necessary assistance and
support ranging from personal
counseling and therapy to help in
looking for employment.
 Parole in the Philippines as defined
under the Board of Pardons and Parole
Operational Manual refers to “the
conditional release of a prisoner
from a correctional institution after
he has served the minimum
sentence.”
 Parole is granted by the Board of
Pardons and Parole only when the
offender has already served his
minimum sentence under the
Indeterminate Sentence Law. It does
not pardon the offender since he
technically remains in legal custody and
the clemency only serves to suspend the
execution and temporarily release the
convict from imprisonment on
conditions which he is at liberty to
reject.
Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP)

The BPP is created by the virtue of

Act No. 4103 in 1933 known as the
Indeterminate Sentence Law. It is an
agency under the Department of Justice,
tasked to uplift and redeem valuable
human resources to economic usefulness
and to prevent unnecessary and
excessive deprivation of personal liberty
by way of parole or through executive
clemency.
Recitation