CORRECTIONS

• Parole


  Suspension of the execution of a penalty, reduction of sentence, and extinguishment of criminal liability
• Executive clemency


  Authority of the President of the Philippines to suspend the execution of a penalty, reduce the sentence and extinguish criminal liability
• The B.J.M.P. is under the administration of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (D.I.L.G.)
• Casework techniques applied by the parole officer

  • Guidance, counseling and leadership techniques
  • Manipulative techniques
• Classical School of Penology


  Based on the human free-will
• Counseling


  Helps the prisoner/detainee in the resolution of his problems
• Budget and finance branch


  Takes charge of financial matters especially in programming, budgeting, accounting, and other activities related to financial services
• Operation Greyhound


  Operation conducted by the BJMP wherein a prisoner maybe checked at any time, his bedding's, lockers and personal belongings may also be opened at anytime, in his presence, whenever possible
• Pardon cannot be extended to cases of impeachment
• Quasi-recidivism


  Commission of another crime during service of sentence of penalty imposed for another previous offense
• Detention Prisoner


  A person who is detained for the violation of law or ordinance and has not been convicted
• Forms of executive clemency

  • Commutation
  • Amnesty
  • Pardon
• Corrections


  That branch of the administration of Criminal Justice System charged with the responsibility for the custody, supervision, and rehabilitation of the convicted offender
• Pardon cannot be exercised before trial
• Delayed sentence


  Procedure which permits a jail prisoner to pursue his normal job during the week and return to the jail to serve his sentence during the weekend or non-working hours
• Justifications of punishment


  • Retribution
  • Deterrence
  • Expiration or atonement
• Pardon is exercised when the person is already convicted
• Deterrence


  The idea that punishment will be give the offender lesson by showing to others what would happen to them if they have committed the heinous crime
• Probation


  For a convicted offender, a form of treatment
• For amnesty to be granted, there should be concurrence of the congress
• Director


  Head of the Bureau of Corrections
• Religious programs


  Play a unique role in the moral and spiritual regeneration of the prisoner
• Exemplary


  Giving punishment to a person so to serve as an example to others
• The purpose of the decree on probation is to provide an opportunity for the reformation of a penitent offender, prevent the commission of offenses, and promote the correction and rehabilitation of an offender by providing him with individualized treatment
• The most common problem of the National Prison in the Philippines is lack of adequate funding
• Personal justification of penalty

  Nobody can assume the suffering for a crime committed by others
• Factors considered in diversification

  • Age of offenders
  • Sex of offenders
  • Medical condition
• Mess services Branch

  Takes charge of the preparation of the daily menu, makes foodstuff purchases, prepares and cooks the food and serves it to the inmates
• The pardoning power is vested with the Chief Executive (the President) under the Philippines Constitution
• Reprieve


  Temporary stay of execution of sentence
• Parole


  A matter of privilege
• Maximum security prisoners


  Chronic troublemakers but not as dangerous as the super security prisoners, not allowed to work outside the institution
• The Board of Pardons and Parole has the authority to grant parole
• Commutation


  An act of clemency which changes a heavier sentence to a less serious one or a longer term to a shorter term
• Parole


  An act of grace and the recipient is not entitled to it as a matter of right
• In probation system's philosophy and concept, it is stated that the individual has the ability to change and modify his anti-social behavior with the right kind of help
• The Bureau of Corrections is under the Department of Justice
• National or Insular prisoner


  A person who is sentenced to serve a prison term of over three (3) years
• Director of the Bureau of Corrections

  Head of the Bureau of Corrections
• City and Municipal Jails are under the supervision of the BJMP