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• Commitment


  Entrusting for the confinement of an inmate to a jail by a competent court or authority, for the purposes of safekeeping during the pendency of his/her case
• Courts and entities authorized to commit a person to jail

  • Supreme Court
  • Court of Appeals
  • Sandiganbayan
  • Regional Trial Court
  • Metropolitan/Municipal Trial Court
  • Municipal Circuit Trial Court
  • Congress of the Philippines
  • All other administrative bodies or persons authorized by law to arrest and commit a person to jail
• Classification


  Assigning or grouping of inmates according to their respective penalty, gender, age, nationality, health, criminal records, etc.
• Categories of inmates


  • Prisoner - inmate who is convicted by final judgment
  • Detainee - inmate who is undergoing investigation, trial or awaiting final judgment
• Classes of prisoners


  • Insular Prisoner - sentenced to 3 years and 1 day to reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment
  • Provincial Prisoner - sentenced to 6 months and 1 day to 3 years
  • City Prisoner - sentenced to 1 day to 3 years
  • Municipal Prisoner - sentenced to 1 day to 6 months
• Classes of detainees


  • Undergoing investigation
  • Awaiting or undergoing trial
  • Awaiting final judgment
• Inmate security classifications


  • High Profile Inmate
  • High Risk Inmate
  • High Value Target (HVT)
  • Security Threat Group
  • Subversive Group
  • Terrorist Group
  • Violent Extremist Offender (VEO)
  • Medium Risk Inmate
  • Minimum Risk Inmate (Ordinary Inmate)
• Requirements for commitment


  • Commitment Order
  • Medical Certificate - recent within 24 hours prior to admission
  • Complaint/Information
  • Police Booking Sheet
  • Certificate of Detention from PNP and/or NBI
• Reception procedures


  1. Gater checks credentials and documents

  2. Records Unit examines completeness and authenticity of requirements

  3. Health Unit checks medical certificate and conducts physical examination

  4. Records Unit starts booking procedures

  5. Property Custodian checks belongings and takes cash/valuables

  6. Desk Officer books inmate in jail blotter and assigns to reception area

  7. Assistant Warden/Officer of the Day orients inmate on jail rules

  8. Jail Warden coordinates with agencies for speedy case disposition
• Newly committed Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL)


  Undergo admission and reception activity
• Admission of Inmate

  1. Registration process

  2. Temporarily housed at Inmate Classification and Counseling Unit (ICCU)

  3. Stay at ICCU for 30-60 days

  4. Undergo assessment by health professionals
• Medical Examination


  1. Jail medical officer/nurse conducts physical examination

  2. Notes down bodily marks, scars, tattoos, lesions

  3. Ensures findings are congruent with medical certificate

  4. Records and signs results
• Dental Examination


  1. Jail dentist performs thorough examination

  2. Records and signs findings

  3. Attends to immediate dental issues
• Psychological Examination


  1. Jail psychologist conducts examination

  2. Records and signs results in logbook/health assessment card
• Social Case Study


  1. Jail social worker conducts in-depth interview

  2. Considers inmate's background and issues

  3. Records and signs findings
• Risk Assessment


  1. Utilizes risk assessment tool

  2. Determines level of violence/risk the inmate poses
• Psychiatric Evaluation


  1. Based on psychological exam, social case study, risk assessment

  2. Psychiatrist conducts evaluation

  3. Records working diagnosis and details in logbook/health assessment card

  4. Signs results
• Case Management


  1. Inmate assigned to case manager (psychologist, social worker, nurse)

  2. Case manager consolidates all results

  3. Makes decision on inmate classification and development programs
• Inmate Orientation and Counseling


  1. Inmate oriented on jail rules and regulations

  2. Introduced to development programs

  3. Undergoes counseling to develop coping skills
• Inmate Evaluation and Classification

  Based on assessment tools, inmate classified by risk level and physical/mental/emotional state
• Proper Cell Assignment and Development Plans


  1. Case manager assigns inmate to appropriate cell

  2. Inmate encouraged to participate in recommended development programs
• Monitoring


  1. Case manager periodically monitors inmate

  2. Changes and enhances development programs based on behavioral progress
• Disciplinary Board


  Organized and maintained to hear disciplinary cases involving inmates who violate jail rules and regulations
• Disciplinary Board Composition


  • Chairperson: Assistant Warden
  • Member: Chief, Custodial/Security Office
  • Member: Medical Officer/Public Health Officer
  • Member: Jail Chaplain
  • Member: Inmates Welfare and Development Officer
  • Member: Inmates' Representative
• Authorized Disciplinary Actions/Measures for Detainees


  • Admonition or verbal reprimand
  • Restitution or reparation
  • Temporary or permanent cancellation of recreational privileges
  • Reduction of visiting time
  • Close confinement in cell for up to 7 days per month
  • Transfer to another BJMP jail
• Authorized Disciplinary Actions/Measures for Prisoners


  • Admonition or verbal reprimand
  • Restitution or reparation
  • Additional job functions/community service
  • Temporary or permanent cancellation of recreational privileges
  • Reduction of visiting time
  • Close confinement in cell for up to 7 days per month
  • Transfer to another BJMP jail
  • Suspension of visiting privileges for up to 1 month
  • Permanent cancellation of visiting privileges
• Disciplinary board may recommend partial or full forfeiture of good conduct time allowance (GCTA)
• Limitations on Disciplinary Punishment for Inmates


  • No punishment affecting unborn/nursing child of female inmate
  • No punishment affecting health/well-being of infirm/handicapped inmate
  • Corporal punishment, confinement in dark/inadequate cells, and cruel/unusual punishment prohibited
  • Jail physician can advise termination of punishment on health grounds
  • Instruments of restraint only used for precaution against escape or medical reasons, not as punishment
  • Breaches of discipline handled without anger, firmly and justly
• In extreme cases, warden/officer of the day can administer necessary restraints and report to disciplinary board
• Ways an inmate may be released

  • Service of sentence
  • Order of the Court
  • Parole
  • Pardon
  • Amnesty
• Before an inmate is released, he/she shall be properly identified to ensure that he/she is the same person received and is subject of release
• No inmate shall be released on a mere verbal order or an order relayed via telephone
• Release orders shall take effect only upon receipt of the release order served by the court process server
• Upon proper verification from the court of the authenticity of the order


  An inmate shall be released promptly and without unreasonable delay
• Upon release, all money earned, other valuables held and entrusted by the inmate upon admission, shall be returned to him/her
• The released inmate shall be issued a certification of discharge from jail by the warden or his/her authorized representative
• Procedure on releasing inmates

  1. Desk Officer coordinates with Paralegal Officer for verification of release order authenticity

  2. Paralegal Officer verifies authenticity of release order

  3. Records/Admin Officer processes inmate's release, checks records, routes release papers

  4. Property Custodian checks and returns inmate's deposited items

  5. Desk Officer records release of inmate and condition upon release

  6. Jail Warden reports release to concerned agencies/persons for aftercare program
• Inmates with special needs

  • Female
  • Drug Users/Dependents/Alcoholics
  • Mentally-ill
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT)
  • Sex Offenders
  • Suicidal Inmates
  • Sex Deviates
  • Escape-Prone Inmates
  • Inmates with Disability
  • Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL)
  • Senior Citizen Inmates
  • Infirm Inmates
  • Pregnant Inmates/Female Inmates with Infants
• Pursuant to RA 9344, CICL shall not be confined in jails
• Security procedures a jail officer should adopt

  1. Conduct surprise searches on inmates and inspection of their quarters and other areas accessible to inmates at least once a week to detect and flush out contraband

  2. Maintain a key control center for storing keys that is inaccessible to inmates and unauthorized persons, with an accounting system for issuing and returning keys, and a reporting system for documenting and repairing broken or malfunctioning keys or locks. Inmates shall be prohibited from handling jail security keys

  3. Never allow any personnel with firearms on areas of inmates and/or in any area intended for inmates' activities

  4. Conduct regular count of inmates at least five to six (5-6) times within a 24-hour period and strictly implement the established procedures in counting inmates

  5. Use of force shall be limited to instances of justifiable self-defense, prevention of self-inflicted harm, protection of others, prevention of riot, commission of a crime, escape or other jail disturbance and to controlling or subduing an inmate who refuses to obey a lawful command or order