CORRECTIONAL

ADMINISTRATION A R. AGUILAR
BY:RIC
INSTITUTIONAL
CORRECTION
Lady justice is the symbol of the
judiciary. Justice is depicted goddess
equipped with the three symbols of the
rule of law.

1.SWORD- symbolizing the court’s

coercive power
2. A SCALE- representing the
weighing of competing claims.
3. A BLINDFOLD- indicating
impartiality.
 PENOLOGY

• Penology is the study of punishment for crime or of criminal

offenders. It includes the study of control and prevention of
crime through punishment of criminal offenders. Its term is
derived from the
• Latin word “POENA” which means pain or suffering.
• Penology is also otherwise known as Penal Science. It is
actually a division of criminology that deals with prison
management and the treatment of offenders, and concerned itself
with the philosophy and practice of society in its effort to
repress criminal activities.

• Francis Lieber was the sociologist who coined the term

penology which means punishment for criminals.
PRINCIPAL AIMS OF PENOLOGY

• To bring light on the ethical barriers of punishment, along with

the motives and purposes of society inflicting it.

• To make a comparative study of penal laws and procedures

through history between nations.

• To evaluate the social consequences of the policies enforced at a

given time.
• The term Penology was changed to Correction due to its harsh
connotation. Thus, penal management is also changed to
Correctional Administration to mean the manner or practice of
managing or controlling places of confinement, as in jails or
prisons, including custody, treatment, and rehabilitation of
criminal offenders.
• A pillar in PCJS which is mandated to administer rehabilitation programs for
offenders to get them ready to be integrated in the community again.
a. Law enforcement
b. Correction
c. Community
d. Court
e. Prosecution
 CORRECTION

• Correction is a branch of the Criminal Justice system concerned with the

custody, supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. It is the
field of criminal justice administration, which utilizes the body of
knowledge and practices of the government and the society in the
general involving the processes of handling individuals who have been
convicted of offenses for purposes of crime prevention and control.
 CORRECTION AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

• The Criminal Justice System is the machinery of any government in the

control and prevention of crimes. It is composed of the pillars of justice
such as: Law Enforcement Pillar (Police), Prosecution Pillar, Court
Pillar, the Correction Pillar and the Community Pillar.
THE 5 PILLARS OF CJS
PHILIPPINES
LAW ENFORCEMENT PILLAR
• its function is to conduct
investigation on the alleged crime
committed by a person, to arrest or
detain violator of the penal law or
an ordinance, to effect the warrant
issued by the court and to assist the
complainant to file a case.
PROSECUTION PILLAR
• its function is to evaluate the
findings of the police submitted to
their office, to conduct preliminary
investigation, to receive the
complainant filed by the victim and
to be responsible to file
information to the court and to act
as legal prosecutor of the offended
party.
 COURT PILLAR
• its function is to conduct
examination of the witness
before the issuance of the
warrant either warrant of arrest
or search warrant; to conduct
arraignment and to hold trial
before giving final decision of
the case.
 CORRECTION PILLAR
• is considered as the weakest component
of the CJS. Its function is to reform the
convicted offender through the
rehabilitation program inside the
correction. The function of the correction
in our criminal justice system is to reform
the offender through rehabilitation
program such as giving an opportunity to
every convicted offender to continue his
study by way of Vocational Training
Program.
 COMMUNITY PILLAR
• The function of the
community pillar is to
help and coordinate the
program of the
government specifically
on the maintenance of
peace and order.
PURPOSE OF CONFINEMENT

The Bureau of Correction has its own two purpose s of confinement of the
offenders or persons committed to prisons:

• To segregate them from the society and;

• To rehabilitate them so that upon return to society they shall be
responsible and law abiding citizens.
 BASIC PRINCIPLE OF CORRECTIONS:

• Seek to promote discipline and to secure the reformation, and safe

custody of inmates.

• Justice shall be applied impartially, without discrimination on grounds

of race, colors, genders, language, religion or other opinion, nationality
or social origin, property, birth and or other status.

• Justice shall be enforced with firmness but tempered with

understanding.
 TERMS:

• Prison- refers to a penal establishment under the control of the

Bureau of Corrections and shall include the New Bilibid
Prisons and other Correctional Institutions.
• Competent Authority- refers to the Supreme Court, Court
of Appeals, Regional Trial Court, Metropolitan Trial
Court,Municipal Trial Court, Municipal Circuit Trial Court,
Sandiganbayan, and Military Court, including the House of
representative, Senate, Comission on elections, Bureau of
Immigration and the Board of Pardons and Parole.
• Inmate- refers to a national prisoner or one sentenced by a
court to serve a maximum term of imprisonment of more than
3 years or to a fine more than one thousand pesos.

• Detainee- a person who is confined in prison pending

preliminary investigation, trial or appeal; or upon legal process
issued by competent authority.
• Death Convict- refers to an inmate whose death penalty
is imposed by a Regional Trial Court, which is affirmed
by the Supreme Court en Banc.

• Superintendent- refers to the one in charge of

prisons.
• Carpeta- refers to the Institutional record of inmates which consist of
Mittimus Commitment Order, Prosecutor’s Information and the decision
of the trial court including the Appellate Court.

• Prison Record- refers to information concerning an inmate’s personal

circumstances, offense committed, sentenced imposed, criminal case
number in the trial, and appellate courts, the date when the service of
their sentence commenced, the date when the inmate received mittimus
commitment order for confinement, the place of confinement, the date of
expiration of sentence, the number of previous convictions, and the
behavior or conduct while in prison.