DIVERSIFICATION AND

CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES AS
TO ENTITLEMENT OF
PRIVILEGE AND THE
CONFINEMENT AND
ACCOMMODATION OF INMATES
 CLASSIFICATION OF INMATES AS
TO ENTITLEMENT TO PRIVILEGES
a. Detainee;
b. Third Class inmate — one who has either been previously committed for three (3) or more
times as a sentenced inmate, except those imprisoned for non-payment of a fine and those
who had been reduced from a higher class;
c. Second Class inmate — a newly arrived inmate; an inmate demoted from first class; or
one promoted from the third class;
d. First Class inmate — one whose known character and credit for work while in detention
earned assignment to this class upon commencement of sentence; or one who has been
promoted from the second class;
e. Colonist.
 WHAT IS DIVERSIFICATION?
• Is an administrative device of correctional
institution of providing varied and flexible types
of physical plats for more effective control of the
treatment programs of its diversified population.
 WHO IS A COLONIST?
Colonist. — The Director may, upon the recommendation of the
Classification Board, classify an inmate who has the following
qualifications as a colonist:
a. be at least a first class inmate and has served one (1) year immediately
preceding the completion of the period specified in the following
qualifications;
b. has served imprisonment with good conduct for a period equivalent to
one fifth (1/5) of the maximum term of his prison sentence, or seven (7)
years in the case of a life sentence.
 PRIVILEGES OF A COLONIST
a. credit of an additional GCTA of five (5) days for each calendar month while he retains said
classification aside from the regular GCTA authorized under Article 97 of the Revised Penal Code;
b. automatic reduction of the life sentence imposed on the colonist to a sentence of thirty (30) years;
c. subject to the approval of the Director, to have his wife and children, or the woman he desires to marry,
live with him in the prison and penal farm. Transportation expenses of the family going to and the
discharge of the colonist from the prison and penal farm shall be for the account of the government. The
family may avail of all prison facilities such as hospital, church and school free of charge. All the
members of the family of a colonist shall be subject to the rules governing the prison and penal farm;
d. as a special reward to a deserving colonist, the issuance of a reasonable amount of clothing and
ordinarily household supplies from the government commissary in addition to free subsistence; and
e. to wear civilian clothes on such special occasions as may be designated by the Superintendent.
 INMATES WHO ARE SPOUSES

• Husband and wife inmates may be allowed to serve their

sentence together in a prison and penal farm as soon as
both are classified as colonists.
 REVOCATION OF COLONIST
STATUS
• The grant of colonist status may, for cause, be
revoked at any time by the Superintendent with the
approval of the Director.
 CONFINEMENT AND
ACCOMMODATIONS OF INMATE
• Place of Confinement. — An inmate shall only be confined in a place
declared by the President of the Philippines by Executive Order to be a
place of confinement of national inmates or by specific direction of the
court, provided that a male inmate shall be committed directly to and
shall be confined in a prison nearest his actual place of residence. A
prison may also be used as a place of detention for other classes of
inmates or for the temporary safekeeping of any person detained upon
legal process.
 PLACE OF CONFINEMENT.
• An inmate shall only be confined in a place declared by the
President of the Philippines by Executive Order to be a place of
confinement of national inmates or by specific direction of the
court, provided that a male inmate shall be committed directly to
and shall be confined in a prison nearest his actual place of
residence.
• A prison may also be used as a place of detention for other classes
of inmates or for the temporary safekeeping of any person
detained upon legal process.
 SECURITY COMPOUNDS.
• A prison shall, whenever possible, have separate prison
compounds for the segregation of inmates according to their
security classification. Each compound shall be under a
Superintendent who is assisted by an Assistant Superintendent.
 PRISON ACCOMMODATION STANDARDS

a. All accommodations for the use of inmates shall meet requirements of

sanitation and hygiene with emphasis on adequate ventilation, living space
and lighting.

b. Bathrooms and washing areas shall be provided in every prison facility.

c. All areas regularly used by inmates shall be properly maintained and kept
clean at all times.

d. Beds and clothing shall be neatly made up in a uniform manner at all times.
Beds and buildings occupied by inmates shall be thoroughly disinfected at
least once a month.
e. Cleanliness shall be maintained at all times in all dormitories or cells specially
toilet and baths.

f. As often as it is necessary, an inmate shall send his dirty clothes to the laundry.

g. Every Sunday and holiday, if weather permits, inmates will expose their
clothes, beds, bedding and so forth in the sunshine in an area designated for the
purpose. Cleanliness of the premises of the dormitories and their surroundings
shall be strictly enforced. Littering is prohibited.

h. Inmates shall be served meals three (3) times a day. Breakfast shall be served
not more than fourteen (14) hours after the previous day's dinner.
 YOUTH CAMPS

The Bureau shall maintain agricultural and forestry

camps where youth offenders may serve their sentence in
lieu of confinement in a prison.
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