Chapter 6: The Bureau of

Corrections
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The Bureau of Correction Act of 2013
– May 28, 2013, Pres. Benigno Aquino III signed the the
Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013 or Republic Act 10575
– it seeks to modernize, professionalize and restructure
BuCor by upgrading its facilities, increasing the number of
its personnel, upgrading the level of qualifications of their
personnel and standardizing their base pay, retirement
and other befits
– Under RA 10575, operating prisons and penal farms
should have dormitories, an administration building,
security fences, a hospital, a recreation center, a training
center, a workshop center an a visiting area.
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Mission
• Effective safekeeping and rehabilitation of national
prisoners.
Vision
• Improved national prisons conducive to the
reformation and rehabilitation of inmates that will
bring them back into the mainstream of society as
useful citizens of the country
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BuCor mandates
a. Safekeeping of national inmates: include decent
provisions of quarters, food, water and clothing
b. Reformation of national inmates:
– Moral and spiritual programs
– Education and training programs
– Wok and livelihood programs
– Sports and recreation programs
– Health and welfare programs
– Behavior modification program
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c. Professional reformation personnel
– Corrections technical officers are personnel
employed in the implementation of reformation
programs and those personnel whose nature of
works requires proximate or direct contact with
inmates.
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Degrees of Custody of Prisoners
• Super Security
intended for a special group of prisoners
composed of incorrigibles and dangerous persons
who are difficult to manage for being the source of
constant disturbance in the maximum security
institution
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• Maximum Security
is for habitual troublemakers who may not be as
dangerous as the super security prisoners and they
wear orange uniforms
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• Medium Security
is for prisoners who may be allowed to work
outside the institution under guard escorts and they
wear blue uniforms
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• Minimum Security
is for prisoners who can already be trusted to
report for work places of work assignment without
presence of guards and they wear brown uniforms
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• Detention
is for individual held in custody, prior to formal
charges and they wear gray uniforms
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Old Bilibid Prison
• known as Carcel y Presidio Correccional (Spanish,
"Correctional Jail and Military Prison")
• the old prison was established on June 25, 1865
under a Spanish royal decree
• it is divided into two sections the Carcel Section
which could accommodate 600 inmates and
the Presidio, which could accommodate 527
prisoners
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Old Bilibid Prison
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New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa
• the main insular penitentiary designed to house the prison
population of the Philippines
• as of May 2018, the NBP already housed 26,877 convicted
criminals
• it has an initial land area of 551 hectares
• maximum security
• Main building: high risk, 20 years above prison sentence, habitual
delinquency, criminally insane
• Camp Sampaguita: below 20 years, 2 escapes-8 years, 1 escape-
5 years, first time life imprisonment-served 5 years
• Camp Bukangliwayway: handicapped, 65 years old, 6 months left
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New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa
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Correctional Institution for Women (Mandaluyong)
• the country's first and only penal institution
dedicated to women offenders
• Act No. 3579 on November 1929, which authorized
the transfer of all-women inmates of the Old Bilibid
Prison in Manila to a new facility.
•  initially called the Women's Prison and it was later
renamed to CIW "in keeping with emerging trends
in penology, which emphasized correction rather
than punishment."
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Correctional Institution for Women (Mandaluyong)
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Iwahig Penal Colony in Sta. Lucia, Palawan
• it was originally set up in 1902 by the United States to
house Philippine prisoners who had fought against the
American colonization of the Philippines
• covering 38,000 hectares of jungle and coastland
• within the compound, there are farmstead tended by
former prisoners who, after serving their sentence,
have decided to stay in PP and start a new life
• after a probationary period, long-term prisoners are
allowed to become farmers, fishermen or wardens, as
the prison is self-supporting and self-managed
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Iwahig Penal Colony in Sta. Lucia, Palawan
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Davao Penal Colony
• is the first penal settlement founded and organized
under Filipino administration
• originally had an area of approximately 30,000
hectares in the districts of Panabo and Tagum, Davao
del Norte
• was formally established on January 21, 1932 by virtue
of Act No. 3732
• The Bureau of Corrections, alongside with the
Department of Justice is geared towards the training
and reformation of the prisoners.
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Davao Penal Colony
• These two departments also aims to teach the
prisoners how to read, write, do jobs like carpentry,
wood carving, barbering, basic appliance repairing,
plumbing, shoe making. By uplifting their literacy
and awareness, the prisoners will learn how to be
responsible citizens especially when out of the
prison.
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Davao Penal Colony in Davao
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Sablayan Penal Colony in Occidental Mindoro
• established on September 26, 1954 by virtue of Presidential
Proclamation No. 72
• the penal colony has a total land area of approximately
16,190 hectares
• Three sub-colonies were later      organized.  One is a
reservation which this day remains part of a protected
rainforest. Another is in a coastal area. The third was used
by the national government as a   relocation site for
refugees from the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991.
• Sablayan prison is a facility where prisoners from NBP are
brought for decongestion purposes. 
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Sablayan Penal Colony in Occidental Mindoro
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San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga del Norte
• was established in southern Zamboanga on August
21,1870 through a royal decree promulgated in 1869
• established during the tenure of Governor General Ramon
Blanco (whose patron saint the prison was named after),
the facility was originally established for persons convicted
of political crimes
• the colony became practically self supporting, with 75,000
coconut trees, which were planted at the beginning of
Pershing’s administration, contributing tothe colony’s self-
sufficiency.  Aside from coconuts, rice, corn, papaya and
other crops were also cultivated
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San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga del
Norte
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Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog, Leyte
• was established a year after the declaration of
martial law in 1972 by virtue of Presidential Decree
No. 28
• The LRP has an inmate capacity of 500. It follows
the same agricultural format as the main
correctional program in addition to some
rehabilitation activities. The prison admits convicted
offenders from Region VI and from the national
penitentiary in Muntinlupa.
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Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog, Leyte