Module 11

• CORRECTION


  The branch of Criminal Justice System concerned with the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders.
• CORRECTION


  It is the field of criminal justice administration which utilizes the body of knowledge and practices of the government and the society in general involving the process of handling individuals who have been convicted of offenses for the purpose of crime prevention and control.
• JAIL


  A place for locking-up of persons who are convicted of minor offenses imposed upon them by a competent court, or for confinement of persons who are awaiting trialbor investigation of their cases.
• Types of Jail

  Lock-up jails

  Ordinary Jails

  Workhouse, Jail Farms or Camp
• Lock-up jails


  is a security facility, common to police stations used for temporary confinement of an individual held for investigation.
• Ordinary Jails


  is the type of jail commonly used to detain a convicted criminal offender to serve sentence less than three years.
• Workhouse, Jail Farms or Camp


  A facility that houses minimum custody offenders who are serving short sentences or those who are undergoing constructive work programs.
• GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS

  Detention Prisoners

  Sentenced Prisoners

  Prisoners on Safekeeping
• Detention Prisoners


  those detained for investigation, preliminary hearing or awaiting trial.
• Sentenced Prisoners


  Offenders who are committed to the jail or prison in order to serve their sentence after final conviction by a competent court.
• Prisoners on Safekeeping


  includes non criminal offenders who are detained in order to protect the community against their harmful behavior.
• CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCE PRISONERS

  Insular or National Prisoners - 3 years and 1 day to life imprisonment.

  Provincial Prisoners - 6 months and 1 day to 3 years or a fine

  City Prisoner - 1 day to 3 years or a fine

  Municipal Prisoners - 1 day to 6 months.
• Insular or National Prisoners


  Those sentence to suffer a term of sentence of 3 years and 1 day to life imprisonment.
• Provincial Prisoners


  Those sentence to suffer a term of imprisonment from 6 months and 1 day to 3 years or a fine of not more than 1,000 pesos or both; those detained therein waiting for preliminary investigation of their cases cognizable by the RTC.
• City Prisoner


  Those sentenced to suffer a term of imprisonment from 1 day to 3 years or a fine of not more than 1,000 pesos or both. Those detained therein whose cases are cognizable by the RTC and under preliminary investigation.
• Municipal Prisoners


  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 MTC.
• CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS ACCORDING TO DEGREE OF SECURITY

  SUPER MAXIMUM PRISONERS

  MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONERS

  MEDIUM SECURITY PRISONERS (Camp Sampaguita)

  MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONERS (Camp Bukang Liwayway)
• SUPER MAXIMUM PRISONERS


  -Special group of prisoners composed of incorrigible, intractable and highly

  dangerous persons who are source of constant disturbances even in a maximum security prison.

  • they wear orange color of uniform.
• MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONERS

  • A group of prisoners whose escape could be dangerous to the public or to the security of the state.
  • it consists of constant troublemakers but not as dangerous as the super maximum security prisoners.
  • their movements are restricted and they are not allowed to work outside the institution but rather assigned to industrial shops within the prison compound.
  • they wear orange color of uniform.
• MEDIUM SECURITY PRISONERS (Camp Sampaguita)


  • lesser danger than maximum security prisoners in case they escape.
  • consists of prisoners who maybe allowed to work outside the fence or walls of the penal institution under guards or with escorts.
  • they wear blue color of uniform.
• MINIMUM SECURITY PRISONERS (Camp Bukang Liwayway)


  • a group of prisoners who can be reasonably trusted to serve sentence under"open conditions."
  • a group of prisoners who can be trusted to report to their work assignments without the presence of guards.
  • they wear brown color of uniform.