Week 14

REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, OTHERWISE

KNOWN AS “THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2013”

RULE I – PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Section 1. Short Title and Purpose. This Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations, hereinafter called
the IRR, is hereby adopted and promulgated pursuant to Section 23 of Republic Act (RA) No. 10575,
otherwise known as the “The Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013” for the purpose of prescribing and
applying the necessary rules and regulations for the strengthening of the correctional services.

RULE II – GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State to promote the general welfare and safeguard
the basic rights of every prisoner incarcerated in our national penitentiary by promoting and ensuring
their reformation and social reintegration, creating an environment conducive to rehabilitation and
compliant with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners (UNSMRTP).

It also recognizes the responsibility of the State to strengthen government capability aimed towards the

institutionalization of highly efficient and competent correctional services. The concept of imprisonment

is stated in Rule 57 of UNSMRTP:

“Imprisonment and other measures which result in cutting off an offender from the outside world are

afflictive by the very fact of taking from the person the right of self-determination by depriving him of

his liberty. Therefore the prison system shall not, except as incidental to justifiable segregation or the

maintenance of discipline, aggravate the suffering inherent in such a situation.” The concept of

reintegration to society is stated in Rule 58 of UNSMRTP:

“The purpose and justification of a sentence of imprisonment or a similar measure deprivative of liberty

is ultimately to protect society against crime. This end can only be achieved if the period of

imprisonment is used to ensure, so far as possible, that upon his return to society the offender is not

only willing but able to lead a law-abiding and self-supporting life.” And the concept of reformation is

stated in Rule 59 of UNSMRTP:

“To this end, the institution should utilize all the remedial, educational, moral, spiritual and other forces

and forms of assistance which are appropriate and available, and should seek to apply them according

to the individual treatment needs of the prisoners.

” On a national scope, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) shall be able to completely deliver the actual

realization of deterrence (special deterrence and general deterrence), restraint, reformation,

retribution, and restoration as major interventions for the treatment of law offenders towards a safe,

secure, harmonious and progressive Philippine society. Towards this end, the State shall provide for the

modernization, professionalization and restructuring of the Bureau of Corrections 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, making it at par with that of the Bureau

of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and maximization of land use development for the agency’s

sustainability.

RULE III – DEFINITION OF TERMS

Section 3. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this IRR, the following terms or words and phrases shall

mean or be understood as follows:

a) Act – refers to R.A. 10575, entitled “An Act Strengthening the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and

providing Funds Therefor,” otherwise known as the Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013.

b) Active Service – refers to the services rendered as a civilian official or employee in the Philippine

government including services rendered in the uniformed service prior to the date of separation or

retirement.

c) Admin – refers to Administrative.

d) Administrative Requirement – refers to the sufficient provision of personnel, facilities, equipment

and supplies.

e) Admission – refers to the manner of receiving national inmates, a detainee or convicted person in a
prison facility committed by courts or other competent authority to serve sentence for a certain period

or for temporary confinement.

f) Base Pay – refers to a fixed amount of compensation for regular work rendered, designated in the

Salary Schedule for Uniformed Personnel for all ranks computed on monthly or annual basis, excluding

fringe benefits and other allowances.

g) BuCor – refers to the Bureau of Corrections.

h) Bureau of Corrections – refers to the central office and the prison and penal farms which are known

as colonies. The central office headed by the Director General has control and supervision over the

prison and penal farms.

i) Circumferential – refers to an adjective for a set of activities, programs and areas of concern which are

interdependently concentrated toward accomplishing a core objective or function.

j) Civil Identity – refers to societal functional identity recognized and/or granted by government

agencies and authorities (i.e. Judge, Attorney, Accountant).

k) Competent Authority – refers to the President of the Republic Philippines, Supreme Court, Court of

Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Regional Trial Court, Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court, Municipal

Circuit Trial Court, Shari’a Court, and Military Courts, House of Representatives, Senate, COMELEC,

Bureau of Immigration, Board of Pardons and Parole and other courts of jurisdiction provided for by law.

l) Criminal Networks – refers to illegal arrangements and linkages forged by shady characters aimed to

conduct unlawful activities.

m) Deputy Director – refers to two (2) star rank general officer of BuCor uniformed personnel. n)

Deputy Director General – refers to the second officer in command of the BuCor with the rank of

Assistant Secretary as civilian employee in the uniformed service who is authorized to wear the two (2)

star rank insignia as symbol of authority and command responsibility.

o) Deterrence – When retribution is imposed upon a person who has committed a crime, the discomfort
inflicted will dissuade the offender (and others) from repeating the crime. When the theory refers to the

specific offender who committed the crime, it is known as special deterrence. General deterrence

describes the effect that punishment has when it serves as a public example or threat that deters people

other than the initial offender from committing similar crimes.

p) Director General – refers to the highest officer in BuCor with the rank of Undersecretary as a civilian

employee in the uniformed service who is authorized to wear the three (3) star rank insignia as symbol

of authority and command responsibility.

q) DOJ – refers to the Department of Justice.

r) Inmate – refers to person confined in jails/prisons to serve his/her sentence or for safekeeping who is

officially called Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL).

s) IRR – refers to the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 10575.

t) National Inmate – refers to an inmate sentenced by a court to serve a term of imprisonment for more

than three years or to a fine of more than one thousand pesos; or regardless of the length of sentence

imposed by the court, to one sentenced for violation of customs law or other laws within the jurisdiction

of the Bureau of Customs or enforceable by it; or for violation of immigration and election laws; or to

one sentenced to serve two or more prison sentences in the aggregate exceeding the period of three

years, whether or not he has appealed. It shall also include a person committed to the Bureau of

Corrections by a court or competent authority for temporary confinement for similar purpose.

u) Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL) – refers to a detainee, inmate, or prisoner, or other person under

confinement or custody in any other manner. However, in order to prevent labeling, branding or

shaming by the use of these or other derogatory words, the term “prisoner” has been replaced by this

new and neutral phrase “person deprived of liberty” under Article 10, of International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights (ICCPR), who “shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent

dignity of the human person.”

v) Personal Identity – refers to social recognition accorded as member of the family (i.e. parent,
brother, sister, uncle, aunt, grandfather) and the community (i.e. neighbor).

w) Practitioner Research - refers to research and/or workplace research such as evaluation performed

by individuals who also work in a professional field as opposed to being full-time academic researchers.

x) Prison – refers to a government establishment where national inmates/prisoners serve their

sentence. Philippine prisons are also known as penal colonies or Prison and Penal Farms. There are a

total of seven (7) penal colonies presently under the control and supervision of the Bureau of

Corrections.

y) Reformation – refers to the rehabilitation component of the BuCor’s present corrections system,

shall refer to the acts which ensure the public (including families of inmates and their victims) that

released national inmates are no longer harmful to the community by becoming reformed individuals

prepared to live a normal and productive life upon reintegration to the mainstream society.

z) Release – refers to the procedures where an inmate is discharged from prison by expiration of

sentence; granted parole, grant of any other forms of executive clemency, and order of the court or

competent authority.

aa) Reservation – refers to a penal/prison land reservation area comparable to a military reservation

area.

bb) Restoration – refers to a victim-oriented approach to crime that emphasizes restitution

(compensation) for victims. This intervention advocates restoring the victim and creating constructive

roles for victims in the criminal justice process, rather than focus on the punishment of criminals.

cc)Restraint – refers to confinement to incapacitate or deny a criminal the ability or opportunity to

commit further crimes that harm society.

dd) Retribution – refers to making a person accountable for offense committed, by serving sentence,

community service, fines, and other means.

ee) Safekeeping – refers to the custodial mandate of the BuCor’s present corrections system, and shall
refer to the act that ensures the public (including families of inmates and their victims) that national

inmates are provided with their basic needs. The safekeeping of inmates shall moreover comprise

decent provision for their basic needs, which include habitable quarters, food, water, clothing, and

medical care, in compliance with the established UNSMRTP, and consistent with restoring the dignity of

every inmate and guaranteeing full respect for human rights. The complementary component of

Safekeeping in custodial function is Security which ensures that inmates are completely incapacitated

from further committing criminal acts, and have been totally cut off from their criminal networks (or

contacts in the free society) while serving sentence inside the premises of the national penitentiary.

Security also includes protection against illegal organized armed groups which have the capacity of

launching an attack on any prison camp of the national penitentiary to rescue their convicted comrade

or to forcibly amass firearms issued to corrections officers.

ff) Secretary – refers to the Secretary of Justice.

gg) Security Camp – refers to a large enclosed area with dormitories, sports facilities, classrooms,

medical facilities, religious facilities, and other necessary facilities where national inmates/prisoners are

confined to serve their sentence. There are at least three (3) types of security camps: Maximum Security

Camp, Medium Security Camp, and Minimum Security Camp. (Jailed inmates are confined in “prison

cells” called “jails” - not in security camps, while undergoing court trials or awaiting court sentence.)

hh) Seniority and Lineal List (SLL) – refers to a document containing the names of all officers in the

active corrections service, arranged by grade and in accordance with their relative seniority for each

regular component, and by service to which they are appointed.

ii) Similar Professional Skills – refers to prison administration, resource management and engineering

skills.

jj) Victims – refers to the casualties of the offense committed but is not limited to those who filed the

charges against the offender but also include the family of the offender himself.
RULE IV – MANDATES OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS AND TECHNICAL OFFICERS

Section 4. The Mandates of the Bureau of Corrections. The BuCor shall be in charge of safekeeping and

instituting reformation programs to national inmates sentenced to more than three (3) years through

progressive, effective, and efficient administration.

a) Safekeeping of National Inmates. In compliance with established United Nations Standard Minimum

Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (UNSMRTP), the safekeeping of inmates shall include:

1. Decent and adequate provision of basic necessities such as shelters/quarters, food, water, clothing,

medicine;

2. Proper observance of prescribed privileges such as regulated communication and visitation; and

3. Efficient processing of necessary documentary requirements and records for their timely release. The

processing of these documentary requirements shall be undertaken by the Directorate for Inmate

Documents and Records (DIDR). The core objective of these safekeeping provisions is to “accord the

dignity of man” to inmates while serving sentence in accordance with the basis for humane

understanding of Presidential Proclamation 551, series 1995, and with UNSMRTP Rule 60.

b) Security of National Inmates. The complementary component of safekeeping in custodial function is

security which ensures that inmates are completely incapacitated from further committing criminal acts,

and have been totally cut off from their criminal networks (or contacts in the free society) while serving

sentence inside the premises of the national penitentiary. Security also includes protection against

illegal organized armed groups which have the capacity of launching an attack on any prison camp of the

national penitentiary to rescue their convicted comrade or to forcibly amass firearms issued to

corrections officers. The security of the inmates shall be undertaken by the Custodial Force consisting of

Corrections Officers with a ranking system and salary grades similar to its counterpart in the BJMP. The

circumferential security activities to be undertaken are:

1. Proper custody;

2. Implementation of prison laws and regulations, to include prevention of prison violence and crimes;
and

3. Efficient Recovery of fugitives. The core security objectives of such activities are a) to completely

incapacitate inmates from further committing criminal acts, and b) have them totally cut-off from their

criminal networks (or contacts in the free society) while serving sentence at BuCor, to ultimately protect

the society against crime as provided for in Rule 58 of UNSMRTP. The conduct of these activities shall be

undertaken by the Directorate for Security and Safekeeping (DSS), supported by Directorate for

Intelligence and Investigation (DII), and Directorate for Plans and Program (DPP).

c) Reformation of National Inmates. The circumferential reformation programs which will be

institutionalized by BuCor for the inmates shall be comprised of the following:

1. Moral and Spiritual Program. This refers to the moral and spiritual values formation of inmates

which shall be institutionalized by the Directorate for Moral and Spiritual Welfare (DMSW), which

include the practice of one’s religion and beliefs. Participating Religious Volunteer Organizations (RVO)

and individuals shall be regulated and managed by DMSW.

2. Education and Training Program. This refers to the administration of formal and non-formal

education, and skills development of inmates which shall be institutionalized by the Directorate for

Education and Training (DET). Participating volunteer teachers, professors, instructors, and trainers shall

be regulated and managed by DET.

3. Work and Livelihood Program. This refers to the administration of skills development programs on

work and livelihood to achieve self-sufficiency of inmates in the prison community and for income

generation of the agency. This shall be institutionalized by the Directorate for Work and Livelihood

(DWL). Volunteer participating agencies, Non-Government Organizations and individuals shall be

regulated and managed by DWL.

4. Sports and Recreation Program. This refers to the administration of physical and recreational

engagement to achieve mental alertness and physical agility in the spirit of sportsmanship. This shall be
institutionalized by the Directorate for Sports and Recreation (DSR). Volunteer participating agencies,

Non-Government Organizations and individuals shall be regulated and managed by DSR.

5. Health and Welfare Program. This refers to the administration of proper nutrition, hygiene,

sanitation, cleanliness and promotion of good health to inmates. This also includes appropriate

provision of medical care or hospitalization of the sick, mentally impaired, old aged, and disabled

inmates. This shall be institutionalized by the Directorate for Health and Welfare Services (DHWS).

Volunteer participating agencies, Non-Government Organizations and individuals shall be regulated and

managed by DHWS.

6. Behavior Modification Program. This refers to the administration of programs for the character

formation of an inmate necessary for effective interpersonal relationship in the prison community. This

program also includes Therapeutic Community. This shall be institutionalized by the Directorate for

Behavior Modification (DBM). Volunteer participating agencies, Non-Government Organizations and

individuals shall be regulated and managed by DBM. The core objective in the administration of these

circumferential reformation programs is the effective treatment of anti-social behavior and destructive

personality disorders of an inmate.

d) Progressive Administration. Progressive administration shall be achieved through objective intent,

constructive approach, and productive actions on every administrative undertaking particularly towards

personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, and BuCor lands. This aims to subdue every subjective intent,

destructive approach, and counterproductive courses of actions carried out in the previous years prior

to the promulgation of this Act.

1. Effectiveness and Efficiency. The effective and efficient administration of agency resources shall be

achieved through the functional areas namely: Human Resource, Comptrollership, Management,

Engineering, Logistics, and the Support Services. The core objective of these functional areas is the

administration of Functions and Programs towards Initiation, Compliance, Proficiency, and

Institutionalization.

2. Sustainability of Operations. The administration’s primary lookout is the continuity of projects and

sustainability of operations in the corrections service twenty four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a

week in all circumstances such as during natural calamities, changing of directors, and even holidays

because inmates are permanent responsibility and accountability of BuCor.

e) Corrections Technical Officers. The reformation programs shall be undertaken by Professional

Reformation Personnel who are duly assisted by personnel on other professional lines of expertise

consisting of Corrections Technical Officers with ranking system and salary grades similar to Corrections

Officers.

1. Professional Lines of Expertise. Corrections Technical Officers are referred to in this IRR as personnel

employed in the implementation of reformation programs and those personnel whose nature of work

requires proximate or direct contact with inmates such as Professional Administrative Personnel,

Professional Engineering Personnel, and Professional Reformation Personnel. These are the three (3)

professional lines of expertise of Corrections Technical Officers to ensure continuity of projects and

sustainability of operations in the corrections service. The word “technical” does not necessarily denote

the technicality of their work but is used merely to distinguish these personnel from the custodial

officers who are working on the security and safekeeping component of the corrections service. The

personnel strength in every line of expertise shall follow its own pyramidal rank structure.

1.1 Duty. Reformation Officers shall work on a one shift schedule (except for medical personnel).

Administrative and Engineering Officers, on the other hand, shall stand by on a 24-hour/7day-a-week

“on call” status to be able to address arising administrative and engineering undertakings which require

immediate action any time of the day or night, without obligating the government for overtime or

holiday compensation. Such undertakings include, among others, the processing of inmates’ release

papers even during holidays and weekends which cannot be withheld even for one day to avoid

arbitrary detention ( i.e. expiration of sentence or grant of parole or pardon by the President, and
others), financial and logistical documents such as vouchers, checks, purchase requests/orders to effect

the necessary and immediate transfer or movement of inmates, procurement of supplies and

equipment for emergency purposes and other similar transactions. Also included are repairs of vital

prison facilities and equipment through civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering works, alongside

with the maintenance of communications and transportation services, to sustain daily custodial and

reformation operations. However, Engineering Officers, assigned as duty drivers, duty electricians and

similar duty assignments shall work on a three-shift schedule.

1.2 Training. There shall be a separate and distinct training program for each Corrections Technical

Officer’s professional line of expertise. Such training will be different from the training of regular

Corrections Custodial Officers.

2. Competencies. Corrections Technical Officers include, among others, priests, evangelists, pastors,

teachers, instructors, professors, vocational placement officers, librarians, guidance counselors,

physicians, nurses, medical technologists, pharmacists, dentists, therapists, nutritionists, psychologists,

psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, engineers, electricians, agriculturists, veterinarians, lawyers,

accountants, budget officers, finance officers, administrators, planning officers, computer programmers,

data encoders, and similar professional skills relevant to the implementation of inmate reformation

programs, prison administration, management of resources, and maintenance of facilities and

equipment

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RULE V – OPERATIONS AND STRUCTURE OF BUCOR

Section 5. Operations of the Bureau of Corrections. The major procedures of operation in BuCor

through the prescribed organizational structure underscore a systematic workflow as provided for in this

Act is described in the following:

a) General Process. The BuCor shall operate with a directorial structure. It shall undertake reception of

inmates through its Directorate for Reception and Diagnostics (DRD), formerly Reception and Diagnostic

Center (RDC), provide their basic needs and security through its Security and Operations Directorates,

administer their reformation programs through its Reformation Directorates, and prepare inmates for

reintegration to mainstream society through its Directorate for External Relations (DER), formerly

External Relations Division (ERD).

b) Reception and Diagnostics. Hereunder are the Basic Procedures for Reception and Diagnostics for

new inmates.

b.1) Reception. Committed inmates shall be admitted to BuCor through DRD in the following

institutional procedure:

1.) Admission of Prisoners. The BuCor, through its penal establishments, shall receive prisoners from

competent authority upon presentation of the following documents:

(i) Mittimus/Commitment Order of the Court,

(ii) Information and Court Decision in the case,

(iii) Certification of Detention,

(iv) Certification of No Pending Case,

(v) Certification of Non-Appeal, and

(vi) Provincial Form 35 / Inmate data sheet 2.) A female offender shall be received only at the

Correctional Institution for Women. 3.) All prisons and penal farms are also authorized to receive

directly from courts convicted prisoners in consonance with the Supreme Court Circular No. 63-97 dated

October 6, 1997.

b.2) Diagnostics. The DRD shall likewise be responsible for the conduct of classification of each and

every inmate admitted to the BuCor. Inmates shall be classified according to security risk and sentence.

Included in the classification are determining an inmate’s certain:

1.) Interests, skills or talents;

2) Physical, mental, spiritual, psychological evaluation; and

3) Social (socio-demographic), and other behavioral-trait assessments. The core diagnostics objective is

to determine an inmate’s “Reformability.” These classification activities shall serve as reference of the
DRD in the preparation of individual inmate reformation treatment programs and inmate-group
reformation treatment programs.

c) Segregation Scheme. Aside from those borne of the provisions under Rule 8, Part I Rules of General
Application of the UNSMRTP and that of the existing regulation of the BuCor on security classification
(i.e. maximum, medium and minimum security risk), inmates shall also be internally classified by the
DRD and segregated according to crimes committed based on the related penal codes such as Crimes
Against Persons, Crimes Against Properties, Crimes Against Chastity, so on and so forth, as well as by
other related Special Laws, Customs Laws and Immigration Laws. This is to ensure that an inmate will not
be susceptible to acquire other criminal skills brought about by his exposure with other inmates who are
committed to BuCor for different crimes or offenses, which normally happens in the present prison
setup.

d) Security and Reformation. From the DRD, the Custodial Force and Reformation Personnel of respective
security institutions/camps shall be in charge for the security and the implementation of the
recommended individual inmate reformation treatment program and the inmate-group reformation
treatment program of each and every inmate while serving sentence, respectively.

e) Pre-Release and Post-Release Programs. The Directorate for External Relations (DER) shall be
responsible for pre-release and post-release programs of inmates due for release. The DER shall also
evaluate, classify and apply necessary reformation programs to inmates for readiness to join the
mainstream society upon release, as part of the prerelease program. The inmate readiness programs are
customized towards their specialization in the areas of educational growth, livelihood entrepreneurship,
sports engagement, religious practice, and appropriate medical treatment. This specialization is intended
for the continuous practice of inmates in these areas in the free society through linkages, liaison, and
coordination efforts undertaken by DER with the appropriate agencies/institutions participating in Post-
Release Programs such as government or private schools, churches, health centers, government or
private hospitals, and local government units. The DER shall also classify inmates according to
professional, technical and vocational skills acquired for referral and endorsement to appropriate
companies or corporations participating in BuCor On-The-Job Training and Skills Development Programs
for newly reformed inmates. The conduct of post release programs by DER includes monitoring and
evaluation of performance of released inmates on their specialized areas among the participating
agencies/institutions in the free society to assess the effectiveness and applicability of reformation
programs institutionalized by BuCor. In order to fully implement a successful reintegration of released
inmates to the community, the following circumferential objectives are to be focused upon by DER, to
wit:

1) Secure support from family and community prior to release period; and
2) Secure acceptance from family and community upon release. These shall facilitate the achievement of

the core reintegration objectives, which are aimed at the a) restoration of civil identity by society upon

restoration of civil rights by law, and b) re-establishment of lost personal identity as law-abiding citizen

in the free society. The personnel of DER shall perform diagnostics functions to classify inmates for the

application of appropriate pre-release and post-release programs. Administration of pre-release

programs by DER shall be assisted by reformation officers. Post release programs shall be performed

solely by DER personnel. Throughout the course, from DRD to the Custodial Force and Reformation

Personnel, and finally to DER, inmates of BuCor are continuously accorded with the proper safekeeping.

f) Administration. Apart from handling inmates, the BuCor shall administratively operate like a standard

government agency through its Administrative Directorates with internal control and internal audit

units. It shall conduct its planning and management through its Directorate for Planning and

Management, conduct personnel recruitment and welfare development through its Directorate for

Personnel and Human Resource Development, conduct budgeting and accounting through its

Directorate for Comptrollership, conduct facility and equipment maintenance and other engineering

services through its Directorate for Engineering Services, and conduct procurement process through its

Directorate for Logistics. These directorates are assisted by support service group such as Legal Service,

Training Service, Public Affairs Service, Information and Communications Technology Service, Finance

Service, Reservation Security-Safety and-Cleanliness Service, Health Services, and Logistics Support

Service. For effective and timely discharge of duties, all BuCor Directorates shall have a commensurate

distribution of the following administrative personnel: admin officer, budget officer, supply officer,

finance officer, liaison officer, planning officer, record officer, monitoring officer, statistician,

performance evaluator, and message center officer. They shall have a prescribed mandatory rotational

assignments among the clusters of directorates on Security and Safekeeping, Reformation, and

Administration.
g) Computerization. The BuCor, through the Directorate for Inmate Documents and Records and

Directorate for Personnel shall employ full computerization system.

1. Inmate Records. Computerization shall be developed in the build-up, maintenance and transmittal of

necessary inmate records to all its Prison and Penal Farms and other recipient agencies (i.e. Board of

Pardons and Parole, Office of the President). This shall also facilitate the immediate processing of

records for timely release of inmates. This shall be done through development of needed information

system, network infrastructure, internet connectivity, procurement of hardware and software and

creation of Information Technology (IT) positions. The system shall efficiently monitor inmates as well as

provide decision support system that will help in determining the needed reformation programs and for

the timely transmittal of inmate’s record to the Board of Pardons and Parole for those who are eligible

for early release.

2. Personnel Records. Computerization shall be developed for Personnel Accounting and Information

System (PAIS), which shall record the a. Recruitment and Selection, b. Training and Development, c.

Employment and Reassignment, d. Performance Evaluation, e. Promotion and Servicing, and f. Attrition

of uniformed personnel of BuCor.

h) Classification. Inmates shall undergo on the following classification upon admission up to their

release:

1. Pre-Admission Classification at DRD,

2. Re-Classification for Reformation Programs while serving sentence,

3. Pre-Release Classification at DER,

4. Security Classification while serving sentence (by length of sentence and by crimes committed), and

5. Safekeeping Classification while serving sentence (by health condition, age bracket, and gender).

i) Inspection. Admin technical officers are duty bound to conduct ocular inspection inside security

camps on a regular basis such as monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, and annually, to monitor the actual
deployment of administrative effects (facilities, equipment, supplies, and personnel) in terms of

authorized quantity, quality and utilization. Likewise, engineering technical officers shall conduct regular

inspection to monitor the functional and serviceable conditions of prison facilities, vehicles and

equipment. Medical technical officers, on the other hand, shall conduct regular inspection pertaining to:

1) the quantity, quality, preparation and service of food;

2) the hygiene and cleanliness of prisoners;

3) the sanitation, heating, ventilation of the institution; and

4) the suitability and cleanliness of the prisoner’s clothing and bedding. The Director General shall take

into consideration the reports and advice that the medical officer submits and, upon his evaluation, shall

take immediate steps to give effect to those recommendations.

j) Gender Sensitivity Program. Gender concerns should be addressed in all planning activities, setting of

priorities, allocating of resources and identifying actions and activities of the BuCor. It should also

incorporate a gender sensitive perspective in the implementation of such plans and programs.

1. Gender sensitivity shall also be employed in all its internal policies, strategies, budget, projects,

structures and mechanisms, including but not limited to hiring, promotions, assignment, training

opportunities, pay and benefits. A gender perspective should likewise be integrated in all its training

programs.

2. The BuCor, in accordance with existing laws shall provide appropriate funds to effectively implement

Gender and Development programs, activities and projects: Provided, That no such funds shall be taken

from the appropriations for inmates’ monthly operating and other expenses (MOOE) and inmates’

capital outlay (CO).

RULE X – PERSONNEL BUILD-UP OF BUCOR

Section 10. Increase of Personnel. The BuCor shall maintain the custodial personnel-to inmate ratio of

1:7 for three (3) shifts and reformation personnel-to-inmate ratio of 1:24 for one (1) shift. The
reformation ratio is broken down into the following:

a) Moral and Spiritual personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:240;

b) Education and Training personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:120;

c) Work and Livelihood personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:180;

d) Sports and Recreation personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:225;

e) Health and Welfare personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:80; and

f) Behavior Modification personnel-to-inmate ratio is 1:150. Hence, it is authorized to increase its

manpower to meet such ratio and may continue to increase personnel per percentage rate increase of

committed inmates annually or as the need arises particularly in the Administrative personnel

requirements which shall have a ratio of 1:14.58, Engineering personnel ratio of 1:58.33, Directorate for

Reception and Diagnostics and Directorate for External Relations combined personnel ratio of 1:120 (at

50% share each), and Directorate for Inmate Documents and Records personnel ratio of 1:116.7. Such

increase of personnel shall be governed by a pyramidal rank structure, not by organizational structure, to
prevent distortion in the chain of command.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

Why promote prison reform?

Central to the arguments to promote prison reforms is a human rights argument - the premise on which

many UN standards and norms have been developed. However, this argument is often insufficient to

encourage prison reform programmes in countries with scarce human and financial resources. The

detrimental impact of imprisonment, not only on individuals but on families and communities, and

economic factors also need to be taken into account when considering the need for prison reforms.

Human rights considerations

A sentence of imprisonment constitutes only a deprivation of the basic right to liberty. It does not entail

the restriction of other human rights, with the exception of those which are naturally restricted by the
very fact of being in prison. Prison reform is necessary to ensure that this principle is respected, the

human rights of prisoners protected and their prospects for social reintegration increased, in compliance

with relevant international standards and norms.

Imprisonment and poverty

Imprisonment disproportionately affects individuals and families living in poverty. When an income

generating member of the family is imprisoned the rest of the family must adjust to this loss of income.

The impact can be especially severe in poor, developing countries where the state does not provide

financial assistance to the indigent and where it is not unusual for one breadwinner to financially

support an extended family network. Thus the family experiences financial losses as a result of the

imprisonment of one of its members, exacerbated by the new expenses that must be met - such as the

cost of a lawyer, food for the imprisoned person, transport to prison for visits and so on. When released,

often with no prospects for employment, former prisoners are generally subject to socio-economic

exclusion and are thus vulnerable to an endless cycle of poverty, marginalisation, criminality and

imprisonment. Thus, imprisonment contributes directly to the impoverishment of the prisoner, of his

family (with a significant cross-generational effect) and of society by creating future victims and

reducing future potential economic performance.

Public health consequences of imprisonment

Prisons have very serious health implications. Prisoners are likely to have existing health problems on

entry to prison, as they are predominantly from poorly educated and socio-economically deprived

sectors of the general population, with minimal access to adequate health services. Their health

conditions deteriorate in prisons which are overcrowded, where nutrition is poor, sanitation inadequate

and access to fresh air and exercise often unavailable. Psychiatric disorders, HIV infection, tuberculosis,

hepatitis B and C, sexually transmitted diseases, skin diseases, malaria, malnutrition, diarrhoea and

injuries including self-mutilation are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in prison. In countries
with a high prevalence of TB in the outside community, prevalence of TB can be up to 100 times higher

inside the prisons. In most countries HIV infection in prisons is significantly higher than within the

population outside prison, especially where drug addiction and risk behaviours are prevalent. Prison

staff are also vulnerable to most of the diseases of which prisoners are at risk.

Prisons are not isolated from the society and prison health is public health. The vast majority of people

committed to prison eventually return to the wider society. Thus, it is not in vain that prisons have been

referred to as reservoirs of disease in various contexts.

Detrimental social impact

Imprisonment disrupts relationships and weakens social cohesion, since the maintenance of such

cohesion is based on long-term relationships. When a member of a family is imprisoned, the disruption

of the family structure affects relationships between spouses, as well as between parents and children,

reshaping the family and community across generations. Mass imprisonment produces a deep social

transformation in families and communities.

The cost of imprisonment

Taking into account the above considerations, it is essential to note that, when considering the cost of

imprisonment, account needs to be taken not only of the actual funds spent on the upkeep of each

prisoner, which is usually significantly higher than what is spent on a person sentenced to non-custodial

sanctions, but also of the indirect costs, such as the social, economic and healthcare related costs, which

are difficult to measure, but which are immense and long-term.

THE BENCHMARKS FOR ACTION IN PRISON REFORM: THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS AND NORMS

Key among standards and norms that relate directly to prison reform are:

• United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

• Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention and

Imprisonment
• Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

• United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules)

• United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for

Women Offenders (Bangkok Rules)

Other UN instruments relevant to the prison system:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or

Punishment

• Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

• UN Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

• Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials

• Basic Principles on the use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials

• Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty

• UN Recommendations on Life Imprisonment

• Basic principles on the use of restorative justice programs in criminal matters

• Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa

• Arusha Declaration on Good Prison Practice

UNODC'S INTEGRATED AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PRISON REFORM STRATEGY

It is of utmost importance that prison reform is not regarded in isolation from broader criminal justice

reform. UNODC believes that effective prison reform is dependent on the improvement and

rationalisation of criminal justice policies, including crime prevention and sentencing policies, and on the

care and treatment made available to vulnerable groups in the community. Reform of the prison system

should therefore always take into account the needs relating to the reform of the criminal justice system

as a whole and employ an integrated, multi-disciplinary strategy to achieve sustainable impact. Thus,

reform initiatives will usually need to also encompass criminal justice institutions other than the prison

service, such as the judiciary prosecution and police service, as relevant.

An integrated approach also takes account of areas that are typically not regarded as part of the

"criminal justice system". These include, for example, the development of substance
dependence

treatment programmes in the community or psycho-social counselling programmes, to which certain

offenders may be diverted, rather than being imprisoned, thus ensuring that services in prison are not

overstretched, trying to meet the needs of a growing number of prisoners with special needs.

The integrated strategy to prison reform can benefit immensely from the establishment and

development of collaboration and partnerships with other UN agencies and other international and

national organisations engaged in complementary programmes.

THEMATIC AREAS OF WORK IN THE FIELD OF PRISON REFORM AND ALTERNATIVES TO

IMPRISONMENT

UNODC's technical assistance in the area of prison reform covers the following thematic areas:

• pre-trial detention;

• prison management;

• alternative measures and sanctions;

• social reintegration.

A cross-cutting theme relevant to all prison related interventions is healthcare, including specifically the
prevention, management and treatment of HIV/AIDS and drug dependency. Read more....

Pre-trial detention

There are three main issues that need to be taken into consideration in the context of pre-trial

detention: firstly, pre-trial detention is overused in most countries worldwide and in many developing

countries the size of the pre-trial prisoner population is larger than that of the convicted prisoner

population. This situation contradicts the provisions in international standards, including ICCPR, that

provide for the limited use of pre-trial detention, only when certain conditions are present. Secondly,

pre-trial detention is the period most open to abuse in the criminal justice process. Recognizing the

particular vulnerability of pre-trial detainees, international human rights instruments provide for a large

number of very specific safeguards to ensure that the rights of detainees are not abused, that they are

not ill-treated and their access to justice not hindered. Thirdly, although pre-trial detainees should be

presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law, and treated as such, conditions in pre-trial

detention are often much worse than those of prisons for convicted prisoners. In addition, the lack of

resources for prisons in many low-income countries means that people in detention do not have access

to legal advice and assistance, with the result being that they may overstay on remand, and/or not

receive a fair trial, further adding to the congestion of prisons. Therefore, improving access to justice,

supporting legal and paralegal aid programmes, improving information management and cooperation

between courts and prisons, to speed up the processing of cases, as well as assisting with the

development of safeguards for pre-trial detainees, such as independent monitoring and inspection

mechanisms, comprise important elements of UNODC's work in the field of penal reform.

Prison Management

In order for a prison system to be managed in a fair and humane manner, national legislation, policies

and practices must be guided by the international standards developed to protect the human rights of

prisoners. Prison authorities have a responsibility to ensure that the supervision and treatment of
prisoners is in line with the rule of law, with respect to individuals' human rights, and that the
period of

imprisonment is used to prepare individuals for life outside prison following release. But often national

legislation and rules relating to the management of prisons are outdated and in need of reform. In many

countries the prison department is under the authority of police or military institutions and managers

and staff have received no specific training regarding prison management. Staff morale is usually low

and effective leadership to drive prison reform is lacking. Information collection and management

systems are also very inadequate (or non-existent) in many prison systems worldwide, hindering the

development of sound policies and strategies based on reliable, factual data. UNODC can provide much

assistance in reforming national legislation, developing training programmes for prison managers to

improve their leadership role and staff to apply international standards and norms in their daily practice,

and by contributing to the institutional capacity building of prison administrations.

Alternative Measures and Sanctions

Overcrowding is a key concern in almost all prison systems worldwide, while punitive criminal policies,

as well as a shortage of social protection services in the community, continue to contribute to the rapid

growth of the prison population in many countries. As mentioned earlier, overcrowding is the root cause

of many human rights violations in prisons. Solutions to overcrowding need to be explored and

implemented in almost all countries in which UNODC is operational.

While overcrowding can be temporarily decreased by building new prisons, practice shows that trying to

overcome the harmful effects of prison overcrowding through the construction of new prisons does not

provide a sustainable solution. In addition, building new prisons and maintaining them is expensive,

putting pressure on valuable resources. Instead, numerous international instruments recommend a

rationalization in sentencing policy, including the wider use of alternatives to prison, aiming to reduce

the number of people being isolated from society for long periods.

The use of non-custodial sanctions and measures also reflects a fundamental change in the approach to
crime, offenders and their place in society, changing the focus of penitentiary measures from

punishment and isolation, to restorative justice and reintegration. When accompanied by adequate

support for offenders, it assists some of the most vulnerable members of society to lead a life without

having to relapse back into criminal behavior patterns. Thus, the implementation of penal sanctions

within the community, rather than through a process of isolation from it, offers in the long term better

protection for society. Supporting the introduction and implementation of non-custodial sanctions and

measures is therefore a key element of UNODC's work in the area of prison reform.

Social Reintegration

One of the principle objectives of the United Nations in the area of prison reform is to contribute to the

successful reintegration of prisoners into society following their release. Social reintegration initiatives

should start as early as possible within the criminal justice process in order to have maximum effect.

This means that diversion from the criminal justice process (especially of vulnerable groups) to

appropriate treatment programmes, non-custodial sanctions, instead of isolation from society and

purposeful activities and programmes in prisons, can all be considered as elements of a comprehensive

"social reintegration" policy. Interventions to support former prisoners following release

from prison,

continuum of care in the community for those in need, will all be more effective if the period in prison is

used to prepare a prisoner for re-entry to society. This policy requires close coordination between

criminal justice institutions and social protection and health services in the community and probation

services where they exist. UNODC can offer key support and advice in this area, including supporting the

development of social reintegration programmes in prisons and in assisting with the planning and

implementation of continuum of care and support in the community.

Healthcare

Equivalence of healthcare and the right to health is a principle that applies to all prisoners, who are

entitled to receive the same quality of medical care that is available in the community. However, this

right is rarely realised in prisons, where usually healthcare services are extremely inadequate. Prison
health services are almost always severely under-funded and understaffed and sometimes non-existent.

Most of the time under the responsibility of the authority in charge of the prisons administration, prison

health services work in complete isolation from national health authorities, including national HIV and

national TB programmes. Specific women's health needs are rarely addressed.

The right to health includes not only the access to preventive, curative, reproductive, palliative and

supportive health care but also the access to the underlying determinants of health, which include: safe

drinking water and adequate sanitation; safe food; adequate nutrition and housing; safe health and

dental services; healthy working and environmental conditions; health-related education and

information and gender equality.

Technical assistance provided by UNODC in this area is based on the premise that penal reform and

health in prisons are interrelated, and that an integrated strategy needs to be adopted in addressing the

enormous challenge of HIV/AIDS and other transmissible diseases such as tuberculosis (TB) in prison

settings. Improved prison management and prison conditions are fundamental to developing a

sustainable health strategy in prisons. In addition, prison health is an integral part of public health, and

improving prison health is crucial for the success of public health policies.

Week 16
COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY MODALITY TRAINING OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND
PENOLOGY

I. Introduction

Therapeutic Community Modality or TC is a self-help social learning treatment model used for

clients with problems of drug abuse and other behavioral problems such as alcoholism, stealing, and

other anti-social tendencies as well as working with special group of individuals like those in jails. As a

treatment model, it includes four (4) categories, namely, behavior management, intellectual and
spiritual aspects, emotional and psychological aspects, and vocational/survival aspects.

TC utilizes the “community” as the vehicle to foster behavioral and attitudinal change. In this

model, the client receives the information and impetus to change from being part of the community.

The expectations that the community places on its individual members reflect not only the needs of the

individual, but also the social and support needs of the community. This community mode provides

social expectations, which are parallel to the social demands that the client will confront upon discharge

to their home community.

TC provides a well-defined structure for a synchronized and focused implementation of the

various intervention strategies/activities with the main objective of rehabilitating and eventually

reintegrating inmates as productive, law-abiding and socially responsible members of the community

through: (1) well-planned supervision programs for inmates which are aligned to the BJMP program

thrusts: and (2) establishment of innovative, financially and technically feasible projects for the moral,

spiritual and economic upliftment of BJMP inmates utilizing available resources.

The conduct of training on TC as a rehabilitation/development tool for inmates needs to be

realized. It will likewise equip individual jail officers with basic knowledge on human behavior and the

process of adapting to their “dual role” responsibilities of “authority” and “rehabilitation” workers.

II. CONCEPT

A policy which set up a systematic and efficient selection, implementation, monitoring and

evaluation of all TC programs/activities by establishing the National TC Center and its regional

counterparts, with a goal that TC projects/activities are well-planned, feasible and supervised

towards the rehabilitation and eventual reintegration of inmates to the society.

III. OBJECTIVES

This policy aims:

a. To set the standards and procedures in the selection, monitoring, and evaluation of

therapeutic community modality programs and/or activities.

b. To install offices and persons responsible with the Bureau’s TC; and

c. To ensure that TC activities will effectively be implemented with maximum use of available

resources.

IV. Creation and Functions of the TC Centers

A. National and Regional TC Centers

The National TC center (NTCC)and regional TC Center (RTCC) are hereby created under the

Directorate for Inmates Welfare and Development (DIWD) and Inmates Welfare and Development

Division (IWDD), respectively. It shall have the following functions:

1. Receive record and transmit communications related to TC.

2. Review proposals feasibility studies, programs related to TC with appropriate

comments/recommendations for the chief, BJMP.

3. Monitor, evaluate and coordinate all TC program/activities under its area of jurisdiction.

4. Formulate programs and/or intervention strategies /activities related to TC.

B. Focal Persons

The focal person of NTCC shall be the DIWD Director. The chief and personnel of the

Therapeutic Community Modality Unit under the Behavior Management and Intervention

Section, Development Management Division of the DIWD shall serves as secretariat of the

NTCC.

Focal person for the RTCC shall be the chief, IWD Division under the close supervision of the

RD while the Unit IWDO shall be the focal person for the city, municipal and district jails

under the close supervision of the Warden.

V. Standard Program components of TC Training

Subject to changes which shall be recommended by the DIWD Director and approved by the

Chief, BJMP, the following shall be the ideal program components of TC Training:
A. Module 1 – Overview of origin of crimes, substance abuse and an introduction to

Therapeutic Community Concepts.

Objectives:

1. A basic understanding of the origin of crimes;

2. A basic understanding of the causes of drug addiction;

3. A basic understanding of the origin of the therapeutic community;

4. A working knowledge of the structures typically found in a Therapeutic Community;

5. A working knowledge of the hierarchical format of a TC and how to use it to

enhance the treatment intervention;

6. Knowledge of slogans and unwritten philosophies and its uses in the daily milieu.

Topics/Activities:

1. Lecture: Resistance and its Application to Treatment and Training’

2. Formation of a Static Group

3. Give to get Contact

4. Lecture: What is Morning Meeting? Pre-morning meeting? And pull-up Board

5. Lecture: Dynamics of Drug Addiction

6. Lecture: What is TC? History of TC / TC Philosophy / how does TC looks like? Phases

of TC Modality

7. Lecture: Hierarchical Structure of TC Organization

8. Organization of Departments in the TC Structure

9. Lecture: What a House Meeting is? A Departmental Meeting?

10. Lecture: What is Coercion and Dissonance

11. Lecture: Process of Intake Interview

12. Lecture: Use of Coercion and Dissonance in the Intake Interview

13. Lecture: Interview Skills

14. Role Play in the conduct of intake Interview

B. Module 2 - Behavior Management and the Behavior Shaping Tools

Objectives:

1. A working understanding of initial interview skills which foster bonding,

identification and initial trust;

2. The ability to format a short-term behavioral contract;

3. A working understanding of process observation and its application to groups and

meetings;

4. A working understanding of the various behavior shaping tools and its application to

the client

Topics/ Activities:

1. Introduction to Behavior Management and Behavior Shaping Tools

2. Lecture: What is Talk to? Pull-up? Death With? Haircut- Verbal Bench? Van? Spare

parts? What is General Meeting?

3. Role Playing Scenario on Behavior Shaping Tools

4. Lecture and Role Plays: Encounter

C. Module 3- Emotional and psychological Aspects of the Therapeutic Community

Objectives:

1. To understand how client are assigned to counselors;

2. To understand the treatment and contract parameters;

3. To be able to develop an awareness of group issues including identification,

projection, projective identification, transference and counter-transference;

4. To be able to identify and differentiate the variety of groups in a treatment center,

including static, extended-marathon, probes and specialty, or theme oriented

groups and their particular applications;

5. To learn how to utilize counseling tools to increase client insights that compliment

the effects of behavior shaping strategies and reinforce behavior change;

6. To learn how to conduct motivational interviewing and counseling utilizing the

principles of coercion and dissonance as well as the knowledge of the stage and

process of change;

7. To learn how to develop and review treatment plan.

Topics/ Activities:

1. Lecture: Emotional and Psychological Components of TC

2. Lecture: Role of Counselors

3. Lecture and Role Play: Triad Interview

4. Lecture: Counseling theory and Practice

5. Lecture and Role Plays: Marathon and Extended Groups; and Probes

D. Module 4- Spiritual and Intellectual Aspects of Therapeutic Community

Objectives:

1. To understand the importance of self-awareness, ideas, and the ability to solve

problem/s and the ability to make healthy decisions;

2. To be able to identify the difference between spiritually and religion;

3. To be able to explore, through guided imagery, aspects of their own spiritual realm;

4. To be able to create a Comprehensive Treatment plan for clients;

5. To understand the goals and objectives of seminars;

6. To understand the need and value of tutorials.

Topics/ Activities:

1. Lecture: Spiritual and Intellectual Component of TC

2. Lecture: Spiritual in a Therapeutic Community

3. Lecture: Signs and Symptoms of Inner Peace

4. Lecture and Exercises: Medication and Guided Imagery

5. Lecture and Exercises: Seminars, Tutorials and Games

6. Lecture and Exercises: Relevance of Family and other Group Association Therapeutic

Community

E. Module 5 – Vocational and Survival Aspects of Therapeutic Community

Objectives:

1. To understand the model used for teaching skills and responsibility in the Treatment

Model;

2. To be able to identify a hierarchical structure for accountability and work

assignments within the Drug-free, Self-help Treatment Program;

3. To understand how attitudes are formed and what is necessary for attitude change

in the treatment model;

4. To understand the goal, focus and purpose of jobs within the treatment model ;

5. To understand the criteria for job changes and movement through the treatment

model;

6. To understand the developmental phases of treatment, which lead to a critical

separation/ individuation phase (Re-entry);

7. To identify the skill development necessary for evaluating client’s readiness for re-

entry.

Topics/ Activities:

1. Lecture: Vocational/ Survival Component of TC

2. Lecture: Structure and process of job functions in TC

3. Lecture: Skill and attitude Development

4. Lecture: Attitude Formation and Change

5. Lecture and Exercises: Phase Development and job changes

VI. Selection of Program Instructors and Participants

The DIWD Director shall recommend program instructors/ trainors and participants for

approval of the Chief, BJMP. These instructors/ trainors should have undergone the Ten-Day

trainers’ training conducted by qualified BJMP trainers training team. In addition, they shall

entitle to receive honorarium/ per diem according to prevailing and approved government

guidelines on honorarium/ per Diems.

BJMP personnel as participants in a TC Training shall be covered with an appropriate Letter

Order. Since attendance in the TC Training is on official business, participants shall be

excused from their regular duties and responsibilities for the duration of the training. In

coordination with the Directorate for Personnel and Records Management, temporary

replacements when necessary shall be assigned to perform their duties and responsibilities.

VII. Duration / Period of Implementation of the TC Program in Jail

The TC program shall be part of the regular daily activities in jail.

The inmate-participants in a TC program shall be continuously involved in all scheduled

activities and shall end only upon his/her release from BJMP custody.

VIII. REVISION OF TRAINING PROGRAM

TC modality program deals with continuing behavioral management. Its various activities

must always cater to the prevailing conditions of the facility; how the inmate-participants

can best understand, appreciate, and internalize the essence and purpose of the program

for his/her well-being.

At no Instance where revision/s in the existing approved guidelines for Implementation of

the TC program in jail, shall be undertaken without prior approval of the Chief, BJMP.
The NTCC shall review any revisions to be made to be favorably recommended by the DIWD

Director for approval of the Chief, BJMP.

IX. Release, accounting and Disposal of Funds for TC Program/ Activities

A. Release of funds Intended for TC Activities

1. Funds intended for TC are programmed under the Therapeutic Community Modality

portion of the Behavior Development, Inmates Welfare and Development Services part

of the BJMP budget as reflected in the annual General Appropriations Act.

2. All funds used/ releases for TC projects shall be subject to the usual accounting and

auditing rules and procedures.

3. The funding requirements of the Regional TC center shall be requested to the Director

of DIWD for processing of the NTCC. In turn, the NTCC shall make the appropriate

request/ recommendation to the Director of DIWD for proper representation to the

Chief, BJMP. No release of TC funds shall be made without prior recommendation OF

THE Director of DIWD to the Chief, BJMP.

4. The Directorate for Comptrollership shall release funds to the Regional Disbursing

Officer. It shall also inform, through a written communication/ memorandum, the

NTCC/ RTCC regarding the release of funds or status of the same.

5. The Regional Disbursing officer shall release the fund to the unit IWDO to allow easy

access and disbursement of funds, noted by the Jail Warden. The Jail Warden shall

continuously monitor the status of the said funds.

6. Diversion of approved funds to another project or jails is prohibited.

B. Accounting of Funds

1. The IWDD of the concerned BJMP Regional Office shall conduct regular jail

assessment and monitoring of the implemented TC project.

2. The unit IWDO shall maintain financial records of all disbursements of funds.

X. Monitoring of implemented TC Projects/ Activities

1. Program implementation of TC activities in jail like conduct of daily morning meetings,

group sessions and seminars shall be closely monitored.

2. All fund transactions involving TC shall be properly documented. The unit IWDO shall be

responsible documenting the same.

a. A comprehensive report that includes all related financial statements on TC shall be

submitted by the Warden to the RTCC a week after its implementation.

b. The RTCC shall indicate disbursements for TC projects/ activities in the Quarterly

program review and analysis, which is submitted to the NTCC on a quarterly basis.

c. The RTCC shall submit a report of all Regional TC projects/ activities to the NTCC at

least two (2) weeks prior to the quarterly management conference.

XI. Evaluation of TC activities and appropriate Award-Recognition

1. The success in the implementation of TC Modality Program in jail depends on the

collective understanding, support, and commitment of the Regional Director, the

Officers and Men of every Regional Offices and most specifically the jail Warden.

Further, the noted progress of individual inmate-participants in the TC activities will

highlight the intended purpose of the TC program that is, changing inmate’s behavior

for the better.

2. Conduct of regular and periodic review in the implementation of TC programs in jail

shall be undertaken by the NTCC in order to determine the effectiveness of the

program.
3. There shall be an annual search for “Bests” in the implementation of the TC Program to

be included in the criteria for the selection of BJMP’s Bests both for Unit and Individual

Award categories to be awarded during the celebration of BJMP anniversary:

a. Best TC Facility: District Jail Category

b. Best TC Facility: City Jail Category

c. Best TC Facility: Municipal Jail Category

d. Best TC Worker: Jail commissioned Officer Category- Male

e. Best TC Worker: Jail commissioned Officer Category- Female

f. Best TC Worker: Jail Non-commissioned Officer- Male

g. Best TC Worker: Jail Non-commissioned Officer- Female

4. The DIWD shall be formulate separate guidelines in the criteria for selection of TC’s

Bests.