Part 5 Flashcards
Executive Order 292: - Passed during the Aquino Administration
Renamed the Bureau of Prisons into ____
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)
Under the Department of Justice (DOJ)
Has general supervision and control of all national prisons or penitentiaries.
Charge with the safekeeping of all Insular/National Prisoners confined therein or committed to the custody of the Bureau.
Bureau of corrections
Created by virtue of Common Wealth act no. 67
Officially named on January 22, 1941
New bilibid prison (main building)
Year of all inmates of the Old Bilibid Prison were transferred to the new site.
November 15, 1940
Constructed 2.5 kilometer away from the main building.
Color blue uniform
Camp sampaguita or medium security camp
Formerly used as Military Stockage during the Martial law
Color brown uniform
Camp bukang liwayway
Or minimum security camp
A separate facility of the Bureau of Corrections created through the issuance of Administrative Order no. 8, series of 1953 of the Department of Justice.
It was patterned after the reception facilities of the California State Prison.
Its function is to study and classify inmates and detainees committed to Bureau.
Reception and Diagnostic Center (RDC)
Created by virtue of Republic Act No. 3579 in November 27, 1929
Authorized the transfer of all women inmates to a building in Welfare Ville at Mandaluyong, Rizal
Old name is Women prison, that occupied 18 hectares.
Correctional institution for womes
Established on September 26, 1954 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 72.
has a total land area of approximately 16,190 hectares
used by the national government as a relocation sites for the refugees from the eruption Mt. Pinatubo
in 1991
Sablayan colony and farm
facility where prisoners from NBP are brought for decongestion purposes. It follows the same colony standards as other penal farms.
Sablayan prison
Superintendent Lieutenant George Walk. Envisioned by Gov. Luke E. Wright and ordered by Gov. Forbes for the establishment on November 16, 1904.
It was purposely for incorrigible prisoners.
Houses Minimum Security Prisoners
Considered as the “Prison without Walls” in the world.Tagumpay Settlement.
Iwahig penal colony and farm
first penal settlement founded and organized under Filipino administration.
was formally established on January 21, 1932 by virtue of Act No. 3732.
Tanglaw Settlement (Prisoners Homestead)
and Main Product is Abaca
Davao penal colony and farm
established on January 16, 1973 a year after the declaration of martial law in 1972 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 28.
Youngest penal colony to be
established
and later became an agricultural estate for Cavendish bananas
500 inmates, admitted offender from region 6 and from the Muntinlupa prison
Leyte regional prison
the oldest penal facility in the country. prisoners were required to do agricultural work
was established in southern Zamboanga on August 21, 1870 through a royal decree
promulgated in 1869.
Established during the tenure of Governor General Ramon Blanco (whose patron saint the
prison was named after)
the facility was originally established for persons convicted of political crimes.
San ramon penal colony and farm
A penitentiary, an institution for the imprisonment (incarceration) of persons convicted of major/ serious
crimes.
A building, usually with cells, or other places established for the purpose of taking safe custody or confinement of criminals.
A place of confinement for those charged with or convicted off offenses against the laws of the land.
Prison
person who is under the custody of lawful authority.
A person who by reason of his criminal sentence or by a decision issued by the court, may be deprived of his liberty or freedom.
Any person detained/confined in jail or prison for the commission of a criminal offense or convicted and
serving in a penal institution.
Prisoner
Those detained for investigation, preliminary hearing, or awaiting trial.
A detainee in a lock-up jail.
They are prisoners under the Jurisdiction of Courts
Detention Prisoners
Offenders who are committed to jail or prison in order to serve their sentence after final conviction by a
competent court.
They are prisoners under the jurisdiction of Penal Institutions.
Sentenced prisoner
Includes non-criminal offenders who are detained in order to protect the community against their harmful
behavior.
Prisoners who are in a safekeeping
Those confined in municipal jails to serve an imprisonment from 1 day to 6 months.
Those detained therein whose trials of their cases are pending with the municipal trial court.
Municipal prisoners
Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 1 day to 3 years or a fine not more than 1,000 pesos or both.
Those detained therein whose cases are filed with the Municipal Trial Court (MTC)
Those detained therein whose cases are cognizable by the RTC and under Preliminary Investigation.
City prisoners
Those persons sentenced to suffer term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1 day to 3 years or a fine not
more than 1,000 pesos or both; or
Detained therein waiting for preliminary investigation of their cases cognizable by the Regional Trial Court (RTC)
Provincial prisoners
Those sentenced to suffer a term of sentence of 3 yrs. and 1 day to life imprisonment.
Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment cited above but appealed the judgment and unable to file a bond for their temporary liberty.
Those convicted for the violation of the omnibus election code.
Insular or national prisoners