CORAD 1 AND 3 Flashcards
INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
- 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.
B. Penology
- The following are justification of punishment,
EXCEPT
A. Retribution
B. Happiness
C. Deterrence
D. Atonement
B. Happiness
- What statement BEST describes Punishment in
general?
A. It is the redress that the State takes
against an Offending member.
B. It is an infliction of pain to A member of the
society
C. It is a government remedy To correct a
wrong.
D. It is a human suffering Inflicted to an
individual.
A. It is the redress that the State takes
against an Offending member.
- What is considered as the period of golden age of penology?
B. 1870 – 1880
- It is the period of recognizing human dignity. It is the movement of reformation, period of introduction of certain reforms in the correctional field by certain person, gradually changing the old positive philosophy of punishment to a more humane treatment of prisoners with innovational programs or development of correctional systems
a. Age of Reason
- The penalty imposed for offenders must be
personal. This means that
A. The guilty one must be the one to be
punished, no proxy
- It is the infliction of physical pain as a form of
punishment
B. Corporal Punishment
- Early forms of Prison Discipline by means of
uttering insulting words or languages on the part of prison staff to the prisoners to degrade or break the confidence of prisoners.
A. Social Degradation
- Which ancient form of punishment is also known as “fusillading”?
D. Firing squad
- The fort William mc Kinley in fort Bonifacio which was Converted on June 30, 1968 to a prison was intended To ______.
D. Incarcerate offenders who violated military
laws
- The most common problem of the National prison is
B. Excessive number of inmates
- What is the description of the united nation
standard minimum rules for the treatment of
prisoners about solitary confinement?
D. Confinement of prisoner for 22 hours or
more a day without human contact
- Select the courts and other entitles that may
commit a person to jail.
I. Supreme court
II. Court of appeals
III. Ombudsman
IV. Sandiganbayan
V. Congress
A. I, II, IV, V
B. II, III, IV, V
C. I, II, IV, V
D. I, III, IV, V
A. I, II, IV, V
- Kuko Martin was convicted and ready to serve his sentence inside the prison. Why was he photographed at the Directorate for Reception and Diagnostics?
a. He is an actor and photogenic
b. It is rare opportunity to have his photograph
c. To have a souvenir photo of the actor
d. Photographing the inmate is part of the
reception procedure
d. Photographing the inmate is part of the
reception procedure
- The BJMP was created thru___ as one of the tri- bureau under DILG.
C. Sec 60, RA 6975
- Mark was arrested by the police for robbery. He was brought to the police station and an
administrative record of the arrest was prepared. He was fingerprinted, photographed, interrogated and placed in a line-up for identification by witnesses.
What process did he undergo?
b. Booking
- Roberto is a newly arrived inmate in the BJMP, he was placed in shakedown procedure. Who among the following shall be responsible in the custody of all the properties seized from the detainee prior to his detention?
C. Property Custodian Officer
- Failure to assist in putting out fires inside the jail is what type of offense?
b. Less grave offense
- Which among the following is the chairman of prison classification and board of discipline in the BJMP?
A. Superintendent
B. Assistant Warden
C. Deputy warden
D. Both B&C
D. Both B&C
- Which disciplinary sanctions can be imposed on inmates?
A. Payment of fees to the office of the warden
B. Forfeiture of salaries and wages earned
C. Cancellation of telephone calls
D. Cancellation of some or all recreational
privileges
D. Cancellation of some or all recreational
privileges
- Close confinement in a cell in BJMP shall be
between ___ in any calendar month provided that this punishment shall be imposed only in the case of an incorrigible prisoner when other disciplinary measured had been proven ineffective.
B. 1-7 Days
- Under the rules, bureau of corrections head
counts of inmates are conducted how many times?
A. 4 times a day
- In case an inmate has given disciplinary action,
the board of discipline is authorized to impose any of
the following disciplinary measures, EXCEPT
A. Additional penalty for service of sentence
B. Caution or reprimand
C. Cancellation of recreation, education,
entertainment, and visiting privileges
D. Deprivation of GCTA for a specific period
A. Additional penalty for service of sentence
- If Ryan is sentenced to serve a prison of not over three years, what type of prisoner is he?
A. Municipal prisoner
- Provincial jails are under the management,
administration and control of their respective
provincial governments wherein inmates who are serving sentences from _____ are confined in these jails.
D. 6 months and 1 day to 3 years
- Jay is an offender who is committed to the jail or prison in order to serve his sentence after final conviction of a competent court is known as
b. Sentenced prisoner
- Which of the following are classified as detention prisoner?
- Accused person who is confined in jail while
undergoing criminal probe - Accused person who is confined in jail and already
convicted - Accused person who is confined in jail while
undergoing trial - Accused person who is confined in jail while
awaiting final judgment
a. 2, 3 and 4
b. 4, 1 and 2
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 3, 4 and 1
d. 3, 4 and 1
- What is the main purpose of placing an inmate in the directorate for reception and diagnostic?
A. Evaluation and classification
- Under the BUCOR manual operation, how long should an inmate stay at the RDC and he should be due for transfer to designated camp?
B. 60 days
- A writ ordering the temporary confinement of a person in penal institution while undergoing trial.
b. Commitment order
- During the reception of an inmate with his
documents before entering the jail or prison, the
committing officer should check the body of the
inmate for any birth marks or tattoos and other body marks. What category of search should be conducted by the officer?
b. Strip Search
- When actor Jhong Go was arrested and put in a correctional facility, what will be his inmate security classification?
B. High profile inmates
- A chemical that is injected to a Death Convict that puts him into deep sleep in lethal injection.
C. Sodium Thiopental
- These are the factors considered in diversification,
EXCEPT
A. Age of offenders
B. Sex of offenders
C. Mother of offender
D. Medical condition
C. Mother of offender
- Juan Sipag is a newly arrived inmate committed for the first time. He is classified as ____ among the classification of inmates according to privileges.
C. 2nd class inmate
- To be a ______, one must be at least a 1st class inmate and has serve one year immediately preceding the completion of the period specified in the following qualification: has served imprisonment with good
conduct for at least 7 years in the case of life
imprisonment.
D. Colonist
- In the classification of prisoners of the bureau of corrections, what are the categories of a medium security?
I. Those inmates whose maximum is less than 20
years
II. Those inmates who are 18 years old
III. Inmates whose sentence are above 20 years
IV. Those under disciplinary punishment or
safekeeping
A. I, III, IV
B. II, IV
C. I, II
D. I, II, III
C. I, II
- Those inmates who have 2 or more records of escapes but they have served 8 years since they recommitted should be classified as
B. Medium security prisoners
- When the penalty is imprisonment, the sentence is carried out either in the municipal, provincial, or national penitentiary depending on
D. The length of the sentence meted out
- The superintendent of the prison may authorize an inmate to be taken out of prison in the following instances, EXCEPT
A. Conjugal visit of the male inmate to the CIW
B. To appear in court or other government agency as
directed by competent authority
C. For medical examination/ treatment or
hospitalization in an outside clinic or hospital
D. To view the remains of a deceased relative
(furlough)
A. Conjugal visit of the male inmate to the CIW
- How many days before election does inmate are prohibited from going out?
C. 60 Days
- Who is the 4th in command in BUCOR?
A. Deputy Director for Administration
B. Deputy Director for Security and Operations
C. Corrections Chief Superintendent
D. None of the above
A. Deputy Director for Administration
- When a jail break, escape, or riot is in progress or has just been perpetuated in the jail, the officer at the control centers shall immediately
A. Sound the alarm
- In case of mass jail break, all members of the
custodial force shall be immediately issued firearms and assigned to critical posts to
A. Plug off the escape routes
- Whenever a riot or escape alarm is sounded by siren, bell or gunfire, all prisoners shall be order to
B. Lie flat on the ground, face down and with
arms and legs spread out of the body
- It is an act of leaving from jail of an inmate
through unofficial and illegal ways or without any legal order from the authorities.
B. Jail Escape
- Who should make an immediate preparation for the issuance of the necessary anti-riot equipment and firearms?
D. Desk Officer / armorer
- Who composed of guards trained on proper
handling and use of firearms who shall be ready to fire when the lives of the guards are in danger on orders of the Officer in Command?
C. 3rd Group Anti-Riot
- How is an offender released from prison or jail?
- After service of sentence
- Issuance of order of the court
- Grant of parole
- Grant of pardon
- Grant of amnesty
- Any lawful order of competent authority
a. 1,3,4,5 and 6
b. 1,2,3,4 and 5
c. 2,3,4,5, and 6
d. All of those listed above
d. All of those listed above
- What is the minimum rank required to be
appointed as Chief Bureau of Jail Management and Penology?
C. Senior Superintendent
- Jack UL is a uniformed personnel of the BJMP
with a rank of Jail Chief Inspector, who is the
appointing officer of the aforementioned BJMP
personnel?
D. Chief of BJMP
- Provincial jails were first established in 1910
under American regime. At present, who supervises and controls the said jails?
B. Provincial government
- An institution for the imprisonment of persons convicted of major offenses refers to
b. Prison
- The bureau of corrections shall maintain the
custodial personnel-to-inmate ratio of 1:7 and the reformation personnel-to-inmate ratio of ______.
C. 1:24
- Work and livelihood personnel-to-inmate ratio?
A. 1:180
- During the eleventh and successive years of
imprisonment, the good conduct of any offender or convicted prisoner qualified for credit for preventive imprisonment, shall entitle him for a deduction of ____days for each month of good behavior during detention
B. 30
- A deduction of ___ the period of his sentence
shall be granted in case said prison stay in the place of his confinement notwithstanding the existence of a calamity or act enumerated in Article 158 of this Code.
B. two-fifth
- Who may grant good conduct time allowance
(GCTA) to an inmate who displays good behavior and who has no record of breach of discipline or violation of prison rules?
C. Director of corrections
- In the case of BJMP, the grant of the time
allowance shall be primarily vested with the
A. Director, BJMP
- Kai Sotto was convicted by final judgment to
serve the term of imprisonment for 20 years. While serving his sixth year of imprisonment, an earthquake rocked the prison and several inmates escaped. Jose returned the following day, how many years would be
deducted from his sentence?
a. 4 years
- All except one may grant GCTA under RA 10592 to an inmate for good behavior with no record of disciplinary infraction or violation of prison rules and regulation.
C. President
- How many days will be deducted from an inmate for each month for his good behavior during his seventh year in prison or jail?
B. 25 days for each month of good behavior
- This refers to the act of prisoner trying to convert or induce another to change his religious beliefs sect or the like to another while under confinement:
A. Proselytizing
- Insan was sentenced to serve Prision Mayor.
What is the duration of his penalty?
B. 6 Years and 1 Day to 12 Years
- Tito failed to return within 48 hours after passing of calamity or disorder. Surrendered after 48 hours, shall also be charged with Art. 158 but must be given
D. Mitigating circumstance of voluntary
surrender
- This refers to any article, item, or thing prohibited by law that are unlawful in themselves.
b. Illegal Contraband
- An enemy combatant, high ranking official or a civilian in danger of capture or death, typically in possession of critical intelligence, data, or authority marked as an objective for a mission.
a. High Value Target
- This unit examines the completeness and
authenticity of the requirements for commitment before it refers the inmate for physical examination by the health unit.
b. Records unit
- What is meant by “Hustling” inside the prison?
C. Selling of illegal commodities such as drugs,
alcohol and weapons
- Upon the start of the booking procedure, the
inmate’s information shall be encoded to NIMS. NIMS stands for:
B. National Inmates Monitoring System
- The principle of separating homogeneous type of prisoners that requires special treatment and custody is called:
C. Diversification
- Mark Villar committed a crime with a sentence of 20 years imprisonment. He is 18 years old. What is his security classification?
B. Medium
- What is the highest rank in BUCOR?
B. Undersecretary
- What is the highest position in BJMP?
D. Chief BJMP
- If a convict behaved well each month for the third to fifth year of imprisonment, how many days will be deducted from his prison term?
A. 828
- Appointing authority for Jail Senior
D. DILG Secretary
- A suffering inflicted to an individual for having been committed an offense.
a. Penalty
- Criminal liability is extinguished partially in the following except
a. Conditional pardon
b. Serving the sentence
c. Commutation of the sentence
d. For good conduct allowances which the culprit may earn while he is undergoing preventive imprisonment or serving his sentence
b. Serving the sentence
- The features of the prison system were
confinement of the prisoners in these cells day and night.
a. Pennsylvania
- This prison system was considered more
advantageous because it has been observed that prisoners finishes more articles when they work in groups than working alone in their individual cells.
a. Auburn System
- This Act shall be known as the “Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004.”
c. RA 9263
- A person who is accused before a court or
competent authority and is temporarily confined in jail while undergoing or awaiting investigation, trial, or final judgment.
c. Detainee
- Which of the following is a place for the
confinement of medium security prisoner?
a. Camp sampaguita
- Which of the following is not an authorized
disciplinary actions/measures for detainees?
a.Close confinement in a cell for a period not
exceeding seven (7) days
b.Reduction of visiting time
c. Admonition or verbal reprimand
d.Suspension of visiting privileges for a period
not exceeding one (1) month
d.Suspension of visiting privileges for a period
not exceeding one (1) month
- The inmate shall not be allowed to stay more than how many hours in the place where the remains of the deceased relative lie in state?
b.3 hours
- The following are specific circumstances wherein prisoners or detainees may be moved or transferred EXCEPT.
a.To appear, as witness before any court of justice or prosecutor’s office
b.To appear as witness in any investigation or formal inquiry being conducted by a government agency
c. To view the remains of a deceased relative
d.To vote in national or local elections
d.To vote in national or local elections
- Is a search wherein the officer pats or squeezes the subject’s clothing to attempt to detect contraband.
a.Pat/Frisk Search
- Under the prison service manual, the prescribed color of prison uniform for medium security prison is.
b. Blue
- A temporary custody of a person for his own
protection, safety or care, and that of the community from him.
d. Safekeeping
- Strip search should be conducted:
a. In the presence of other inmates so that there are witnesses
b. At the warden’s office
c. At the admission office in the presence of other jail personnel
d. Private room where it will be out of the view
of the others to avoid further embarrassment
d. Private room where it will be out of the view
of the others to avoid further embarrassment
- Body search of this type pats the subject’s body over the clothing in a more thorough manner where the genital, buttocks, and breasts are carefully searched for the presence of contraband.
d. Rub Search
- One of the important documents to be secured by the law enforcers before they remand the offender to the jail institution?
b. Commitment order
- Each jail is mandated to establish a Classification Board for Inmates. Who among the following serves as the Chairman of the Classification Board?
b. Deputy Warden
- In what instances the President of the Philippines can authorize release of an inmate?
a. In parole and reprieve
b. In cases of executive clemency
c. In cases of acquittal or grant of bail
d. Expiration of the sentence
b. In cases of executive clemency
- When does punishment have a deterrent effect?
a. Punishment disgraces the offender before the
public
b. Punishment is serious compared with the nature of offense
c. Punishment reduces the capacity of an individual to commit a crime
d. Punishment serves as an example to the
public thus discouraging the commission of
offense
d. Punishment serves as an example to the
public thus discouraging the commission of
offense
- Conjugal Visitation refers to the visit by the wife for a short period, usually
C. An hour, more or less
- Because he refused to follow the regulations placed on convicted prisoners, Mark, a new detainee, has been handed a “Certification” of preventive
incarceration. The court found him guilty after ten years and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. How many more years does he have to spend after deducting his preventative imprisonment?
b. 12 years
NON INSTITUTIONAL CORRECTIONS
- The concept of probation, from the Latin word
“probatio” which means ___, has historical roots in he practice of judicial reprieve.
C. Testing period
- Probation started in ____ with the old practice of suspending judgement and releasing the offender on his own recognizing with the promise not to commit any more crime.
A. England
- Why was congressman Teodulo Natividad
considered as the “father of probation in the
Philippines”?
A. He initiated the drafting of a bill which
would establish a probation system
- In the Philippines, act number 4221 of the
Philippine assembly established adult probation, but it was abolished in 1937 after two years of existence because it was declared unconstitutional in the case of
B. People vs Vera
- Why was Act 4221 declared unconstitutional?
a. It violates the rights of probationers.
b. It denies the equal protection of the laws and constitutes an unlawful delegation of legislative power.
c. It provides danger for the society and its members by releasing the probationers earlier than what is provided for in the release document.
d. None of the above
b. It denies the equal protection of the laws
and constitutes an unlawful delegation of
legislative power.
- A judicial action for legal disposition that allows the offender to remain in the community subject to conditions imposed by the court?
b. Probation
- Which is not a mandate of the parole and
probation administration under the probation law of 1976?
A. Provide an offender with individual
institutionalized program
- The application for probation shall be filed with the__which has jurisdiction over the case.
a. Trial Court
- From the date of conviction and sentence, when may an applicant for probation file the application for probation?
C. Within 15 days
- Which of the following situations can the offender apply for probation?
c. After conviction and sentence
- RTC Branch 69 received the post sentence
investigation report, how long will the court should act in the petition for probation?
a. 15 days
- The order of the court granting or denying
probation is appealable.
a. True
b. No
c. Yes
d. False
d. False
- Mark Villar was convicted of a crime and
sentenced to an imprisonment term of 8 years, since he is disqualified for probation, he decided to appeal his case to a higher court. The appellate court declared him again guilty but to a lesser penalty of six years. Can he apply now for probation?
a. Yes, because his sentence is less than 6 years and
1 day
b. No, because he already appealed his case
c. No, because he is disqualified
d. Yes, because his 1st sentence is non
probationable and his 2nd sentence is a
probationable offense.
d. Yes, because his 1st sentence is non
probationable and his 2nd sentence is a
probationable offense.
- Juan Dela Cruz, after promulgation of his case by the RTC, was meted with a penalty of 5 years and 1 day to 6 years of imprisonment who, within 15 days from the date of promulgation, filed his appeal with the Court of Appeals for being not satisfied with the judgment of the lower court. Can he be granted
probation once he applied?
a. No, because the decision of the RTC is not final and executory.
b. No, because he filed for an appeal.
c. No, because he did not waive his right for an
appeal.
d. Yes, because he met the qualifications to apply for probation
b. No, because he filed for an appeal.
- Bote was found guilty of rape and applied for
probation. Will you grant Probation as a Judge?
A. Yes, as long as the penalty is 6 years and below.
B. No, Because the Section 8, paragraph c
stated that “Probation will depreciate the
seriousness of the offense committed.”
C. Yes, Because Bote has good faith to marry the
rape victim.
D. No, as provided by the Probation officer
B. No, Because the Section 8, paragraph c
stated that “Probation will depreciate the
seriousness of the offense committed.”
- When two or more accused are tried jointly and convicted and only one of them applied for probation. In case the latter’s application for probation is granted. Can the co-accused who has not applied also benefit from the granting of probation?
a. Yes, as a general rule
b. No, the granting of probation shall make the
decision final to only those who applied
c. It depends on the discretion of the Trial Court, as probation is only a privilege
d. No, probation is only for the well privileged
b. No, the granting of probation shall make the
decision final to only those who applied
- The following are the functions of a Probation and Parole officer, except:
a. Investigate court referrals for petitioners eligibility for probation
b. Supervise probationers, parolees and pardonees
c. Determine the grant or denial of probation
d. Formulate plans and programs for the rehabilitation of the clientele
c. Determine the grant or denial of probation
- All of the following are the consequences of
violating the conditions of probation, except:
a. Revocation of the probation
b. Modification of the conditions
c. Suspension of probation
d. None of these
c. Suspension of probation