CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

FOR WOMEN
HISTORY OF
CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION
FOR WOMEN
 HISTORY
The Correctional Institution of the transfer of all-
women inmates from the Old Bilibid Prison in
Manila to a new facility. The prison first opened
on an 18-hectare (44-acre) property on February
14, 1931. The facility is operated by the Bureau
of Corrections and has a maximum capacity of
2,925 inmates. As of May 2019, the prison had a
population of 3,1963. or Women (CIW) is a
women’s prison located in Mandaluyong, Metro
Manila, Philippines. It was established in 1929
when the Philippine government authorized
 H I STORY
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR
WOMEN(CIW);In a report dated January
22,1959 submitted to a committee created by
Administrative Order 287 by the President of
the Philippines ,it was noted that before a
separate bulding was constructed especially
for women prisoners ,all females convicts
were confined at the Old Bilibid Prison on
Azcarrage St.Manila.
 FACILITIES
CIW faced congestion problems as it welcomed an increasing
number of inmates. Former BuCor officer-in-charge Celso
Bravo narrated in a report:.Dormitories with single beds had
to be replaced with two bunk beds that could accommodate 4
people at a time. Common areas were converted into
dormitories to give room to the growing population. Inmates
said good-bye to some of their hallways and their mess hall to
relieve the congestion problem.
In 2002, the National Statistical Coordination Board reported
that CIW was actually the most congested facility among the
7 operating units under BuCor. While the New Bilibid Prison
registered an 85% congestion rate (with 16,134 population
but only 8,700 capacity), CIW posted a higher 90%
congestion rate (with 951 population but only 500 capacity)

Expansion of the facility first came on June 16, 2003 with the
construction of an extension building in Mandaluyong City.
Then on September 18, 2007, it opened a branch in Mindanao
– the Correctional Institution for Women in Mindanao
(CIWM), a satellite prison under the supervision and
direction of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm administration.
 FACILITIES
Bravo admitted, however, that these extensions “helped the
issue of congestion, but did not solve it.”.By the time Napoles
was admitted to the facility, CIW officer-in-charge Edilinda
Patac admitted in news reports that they have a capacity of
1,500, but are currently hosting 2,273 inmates. Patac, however,
clarified that the facility’s dormitories, each housing 50 to 100
inmates, remain clean and orderly despite the congestion.

In 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act

10575, which modernizes the 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 benefits.” This law aims to
improve, among others, the 1:144 guard-to-inmate ratio in
CIW.3
REHABILITATION
Bravo stated in his report that
CIWʼs approach to rehabilitation “involves
religion, education, livelihood and social
skills – all of which are needed for the
inmatesʼ preparation for their release.”

He added that the facility

provides a work program that “keeps the
inmates busy, provides them money for
their personal expenses and family, and
helps them acquire livelihood skills.”
 In a 2006 Ombudsman report, CIW
inmates were found to be engaged in
handicraft, swine, poultry, and small-scale
vegetable production.

Among the products produced by the

inmates are solar-powered lamps made
especially for victims of Typhoon Yolanda
in the Visayas.

The report stated that CIW inmates get a

P100-compensation “for various works in
its agro-industrial projects,” while those
“involved in making religious articles and
handicrafts are paid per piece by CIW’s
private contracting partner.”
THANK YOU &
GOD BLESS
LEADER: GARCELLANO. DAVID JONATHAN
MEMBERS: ATILANO. JOHN ERICK
CALINAY, MONECA
HERNANDERZ, WAREN
SOLIS, JOHN ERIC