PART 2

• NEW BILIBID PRISON

  -Old Bilibid prison with the Spanish penal code in 1847, the construction started

  -1865 the Bilibid prison was opened by virtue of royal decree of Spanish

  -Old Bilibid Prison was transfered to the government of manila and used by the city of manila as the city jail.

  -New Bilibid Prison 552 hectares.

  -1936 the bureau started the construction

  -1941 it was transfered to muntinlupa city

  -capacity of 8,700 inmates (24,780 inmates as of 2012)

  -as of now in June 30,2023 we have (30,701 inmates)
• TWO SATELLITE UNITS OF NEW BILIBID

  *Bukangliwayway Camp - minimum security prisoner.

  *Sampaguita Camp - located the reception and Diagnostic center, the medium security unit and youth center.
• *the New Bilibid Prison specialized in the industial type of Vocational training, furniture shop, Shoe shop, Auto mechanics, Tailoring, Electronics, Carpentry, Gardening, Poultry, Piggery etc.

  *it offers a complete high school education, part of Rizal High School and it started on 1956.

  *Now, College is also offer in NBP, under the assistance of University of Perpetual Help.
• San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm

  • Located in Southern tip of Zamboanga.

  • Aug 21, 1869- It was established for confinement of political offenders.

  •Raman Blanco- San Ramon was named after its founder.

  • San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm- has an area of 1,524.6 hectares.

  • Houses of maximum, medium and minimum.

  • Population of 1300 prisoners, but at present 959.

  • Rice, corn, coffee, cattle are also their sources.

  • Copra is the biggest sources of income..
• 4 COLONY OF IWAHIG PRISON

  • Montible Sub-Colony; and

  • Central Sub-Colony,

  • Sta-Lucia Sub Colony

  • Inagawan Sub Colony;

  
  

  *Iwahig administers Tagumpay Settlement, The Settlement is 1000 hectares which was subdivised into 6 hectares homestead lots
• CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN

  *18 hectares

  *Official capacity is 1000 but the present population is 2711.

  *1931 established in Mandaluyong Rizal by authority of Act No. 357. which was passed on Nov 27, 1929.

  *1934 - possition for female superintended was created.
• DAVAO PENAL COLONY

  * 18,000 hectares

  *This was established on Jan 21, 1932 in Accordance to Act No 3732 and Proclamation 414 of 1931.

  *Official Capacity of Prisoner 3,100 but at present 5,717.

  *Biggest banana and Abaca plantation

  *Combination of Medium and Minimum costudy.

  *Gen Paulo Santos - Firs founder and Director of Prison.

  TWO COLONIES

  *Panabo Sub-Colony.

  *Kapolong Sub-Colony.

  *Colony engaged with Tagum Development Company or Tadeco in 3000 hectares banana plantation
• SABLAYAN PENAL COLONY AND FARM

  *16,408,5 Hectares in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.

  *1500 prisoner population average but at present 2,372

  *Youngest and Fastest growing colony under Bureau.

  *Rice is the principal product.

  *Sept 27, 1954 - issued Proclamation No, 72 setting the Sablayan.

  *Mr. Candido Bagasoain - First Head of Sablyan.
• LEYTE REGIONAL PRISON

  *The Leyte Regional Prison is in Abuyog, Southern Leyte.

  *It was established a year after the declaration of martial law in 1972 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 28, while its plantilla and institutional plan were almost ideal, lack of funds made the prison unable to realize its full potential and its facilitates are often below par compared with those or other established penal farms.
• *The LRP has an inmate capacity of 500, it follows the same agricultural format as the main correctional program in addition to some rehabilitation activities, the prison admits convicted offenders from Region VI and from the national penitentiary in muntinlupa.
• BUREAU OF PRISON

  * Bureau of Prison was renamed Bureau of Corrections under Executive Order 292 passed during the Aquino Administration.

  * It is headed by the Director who is appointed by the President of the Philippines with the confirmation of the Commission of Appointments.

  * The Bureau of Corrections has general supervision and control of all national prisons or penitentiaries. It is in charged with the safekeeping of all insular prisoners confined therein or committed to the custody of the Bureau.
• CATEGORIES OF INMATES

  *PRISONERS - inmate who is convicted by final judgement.

  *DETAINEE - inmate who is undergoing investigation/trial or awaiting final judgement .

  *PRISONER - an inmate who convicted with final judgement and classified as insular, provincial, city or municipal prisoners.
• FOUR CLASSES OF PRISONERS

  *INSULAR OR NATIONAL PRISONERS - one who is sentenced to a prison term of three years and one day to death.

  *PROVINCIAL PRISONER - one who is sentenced to a prison term six months and one day to three years.

  *CITY PRISONERS - one who is sentenced to a prison term of one day to three years.

  *MUNICIPAL PRISONER - one who is sentenced to a prison term of one day to six months.
• CLASSIFICATION OF DETAINEE

  *THREE TYPES OF DETAINEE

  1. Those undergoing Investigation
  2. Those awaiting or Undergoing trial, and
  3. Those awaiting final judgement