Organizational Structure of Parole and Probation Administration

1. Office of the Administrator- Acts as Head of the Agency

Executive Officer of the Administration.

2. Office of the Deputy Administrator- assists the Administrator

and performs duties as may be assigned by the Administrator.

a. Administrative Division- provides general support

services namely; management of disbursement and
collection, public information, dissemination through
quadric media, records management, screening of
application for hiring and promotion through psychological
testing and evaluation, and capability enhancement personnel.
b. Financial Management Division- provides the administration with
advice and assistance in budgeting and sound financial
management.

c. Planning Division- develops the agencies thrusts, strategies, and

priority Programs/Activities/Projects, and monitors and evaluates
performance.

d. Regional Parole and Probations Offices- exercises supervision and

control over all Provincials/City Parole and Probation Offices within
their jurisdiction, and performs such duties as may be assigned by
administrator
- Provincial/City Parole and Probation
Offices- undertakes the investigation of petitioners for probation and
applicants for Parole/Executive Clemency referred by Courts/Board of
Pardons and Parole, supervises and rehabilitates
probationers/parolees/first time minor drug offenders, and performs
such other duties as may be assigned by Regional Director.
e. Case Management and Records Division- provides
assistance to field offices to improve investigation and
supervision procedures, caseload recording and casework
services, and manages case document of client.

f. Community Service Division- strengthens community

involvement in the rehabilitation of clients, and generates and
mobilizes resources.

g. Legal Division- provides legal opinion/advice/counsel to the

Administration.

h. Technical Service Division- evaluates and manages reports

on the application for Parole/Executive Clemency, and
functions as the service arm of the Agency to the Board of
Pardons and Parole.
 LEGAL BASIS OF THE PHILIPPINE PROBATION SYSTEM
Presidential Decree No. 968 of 1976

- Presidential Decree No. 968 also known as the

Probation Law of 1976, was signed by President
Ferdinand E. Marcos on July 24,1976. It is a
decree that establishes a probations system in
the Philippines. This is to establish a more
enlightened and humane correctional system
that will promote the reformation of offenders
and thereby reduce the incidence of recidivism;
and to provide a less costly alternative to the
imprisonment of offenders who are likely to
respond to individualized, community-based
treatment programs.
 OBJECTIVES OF PROBATION LAW
The objective of the Probation law are (PD 968, 1976, Section 2)

1. To promote the correction and rehabilitation of an

offender by providing him with individualized
treatment;

2. To provide an opportunity for the reformation of a

penitent offender which might be less probable if he
were to serve a prison sentence; and

3. To prevent the commission of offenses.

Aside from defining probation, it also defined the
following terms;
Probationer- means a person place on probation.
Probation Officer- means one who investigates for the
court a referral for probation or supervision a
probationer or both.

According to Section 5 of PD 968 (1976), No person

shall be placed on probation except upon prior
investigation of a Post-sentence Investigation by the
probation officer and a determination by the court
that ends of justice and the best interest of the public,
as well as that of the defendant, will be served.
 CRITERIA FOR PLACING AN OFFENDER ON PROBATION
The court needs to consider all information relative to
the character, antecedents, environment, mental and
physical condition of the offender, and available
institutional and community resources in determining
whether an offender may be placed on probation.
Probation shall be denied if the court finds that (PD 968,
1976, Section 8):

1. The offender is in need of correctional treatment that

can be provided most effectively by his commitment
to an institution; or
2. There is undue risk that during the period if
probation the offender will commit another crime; or
3. Probation will depreciate the seriousness of the
offense committed.