BJMP PROFILE

Overview

As one of the five pillars of the Criminal Justice System, the BJMP was created to
address growing concern of jail management and penology problem. Primarily, its
clients are detainees accused before a court who are temporarily confined in such jails
while undergoing investigation, waiting final judgement and those who are serving
sentence promulgated by the court 3 years and below. As provided for under R.A. No.
6975, the Jail Bureau is mandated to take operational and administrative control over all
city, district and municipal jails. The Bureau has four major areas of rehabilitation
program, namely: Livelihood Projects, Educational and Vocational Training, Recreation
and Sports, and Religious/ Spiritual Activities. These were continuously implemented to
eliminate the offenders' pattern of criminal behaviour and to reform them to become law-
abiding and productive citizens. Although the workplace of the Jail Bureau is confined
inside the portals of jail to safeguard PDL, nonetheless, the Bureau has an inherent
function of informing the public of jail operations and other matters concerning the
corrections pillar of the Philippines. Coincidentally, being a new and growing Bureau,
BJMP aims to keep the public abreast of information regarding jail management and
penology.

Organizations and Key Positions

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, also referred to as the Jail Bureau, was
created pursuant to Section 60 to 65, Chapter V, RA No. 6975, and initially consisting of
uniformed officers and members of the Jail Management and Penology service as
constituted under Presidential Decree No. 765. RA 9263 provides that the Bureau shall
be headed by a Chief who is assisted by two (2) Deputy Chiefs, one (1) for
Administration and another for Operations, and one (1) Chief of Directorial Staff, all of
whom are appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the DILG Secretary
from among the qualified officers with the rank of at least Senior Superintendent in the
BJMP. The Chief of the BJMP carries the rank of Director and serves a tour of duty that
must not exceed four (4) years, unless extended by the President in times of war and
other national emergencies. Officers who have retired or are within six (6) months from
their compulsory retirement age are not qualified to be appointed as Jail Director or
designated as BJMP Chief.

The second officer in command of the BJMP is the Deputy Chief for Administration, the
third officer in command is the Deputy Chief for Operations, and the fourth officer in
command is The Chief of the Directorial Staff, all of whom carry the rank of Chief
Superintendent. They are assisted by the Directors of the Directorates in the National
Headquarters who carry the rank of at least Senior Superintendent.

The BJMP operates and maintains Regional Offices in each of the administrative
regions of the country, headed by a Regional Director for Jail Management and
Penology, with the rank of at least Senior Superintendent. The Regional Director is
assisted by an Assistant Regional Director for Administration, Assistant Regional
Director for Operations, and Regional Chief of Directorial Staff, who are all officers with
the rank of at least Superintendent.
The National Headquarters is the Command and Staff Office of the BJMP, and is
composed of the Command Group, Directorates and Management Support Staff ,
namely:

Command  Group:

1.
1.
1. Chief, BJMP
2. Deputy Chief for Administration of the Jail Bureau
3. Deputy Chief for Operation of the Jail Bureau
4. Chief of Directorial Staff of the Jail Bureau

Directorates

1.
1.
1. Directorate for Personnel and Records Management
2. Directorate for Comptrollership
3. Directorate for Logistics
4. Directorate for Intelligence
5. Directorate for Operations
6. Directorate for Human Resource Development
7. Directorate for Welfare and Development
8. Directorate for Investigation and Prosecution
9. Directorate for Program Development
10. Directorate for Information and Communications Technology
Management
11. Directorate for Health Service

Support Services

1.
1.
1. Legislative Liaison Office
2. Finance Service Office
3. Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Center
4. Chaplaincy Service Office
5. Headquarters Support Serivce Office
6. Center for Jail Excellence and Strategy Management
7. Retirement and Separation Benefits Administration Service Office
8. Legal Service Office
9. Community Relations Service Office
10. Jail Service Intelligence Operations Center
11. National Executive Senior Jail Officer (NESJO)
12. Supply Accountable Office
13. Accounting Office
14. Internal Audit Unit

Regional Office.

The BJMP operates and maintains Regional Offices in each of the administrative
regions of the country, headed by a Regional Director for Jail Management and
Penology, with the rank of at least Senior Superintendent. The Regional Director is
assisted by an Assistant Regional Director for Administration, Assistant Regional
Director for Operations, and Regional Chief of Directorial Staff, who are all officers with
the rank of at least Superintendent.
Provincial Jail Administrator's Office.

In every province, the BJMP operates and maintains a Provincial Jail Administrator’s
Office headed by a Provincial Administrator, to oversee the implementation of jail
services of all district, city and municipal jails within its territorial jurisdiction.

District Jail.

Within large cities or a group of clustered municipalities, a District Jail headed by a

District Warden may be established.

City and Municipal Jails.

The BJMP operates and maintains City and Municipal Jails, each headed by a City or
Municipal Warden, as the case may be.

Our Core Values and Competency

Core Values

Makatao (Respect for Humanity)

May Integridad (With Integrity)
Matatag (Resiliency)

Core Competency


 Continuous skills enhancement of personnel
 Ability to establish linkages and Partnerships
 Responsive Planning
 Timely decision-making
 Expedient implementation

Legal Basis

Republic Act No. 6975 (December 13, 1990) established the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
under a reorganized Department of the Interior and Local Government.

Mandate
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) exercises supervision and control over all
city and municipal jails, including their establishment and maintenance in every district, city and
municipality for a secure, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary jail for the custody and safe-
keeping of city and municipal prisoners, any fugitive from justice, or person detained awaiting
investigation or trial and/or transfer to the national penitentiary, including violent mentally ill person
who endangers himself or the safety of others, duly certified as such by the proper medical or
health officer, pending transfer to a mental institution.
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

SOCIETAL GOAL: Sustainable Development Towards Poverty Reduction

for a Desirable Level of Quality of Life
Sectoral Goal: Peaceful, Safe, Self-Reliant and Development-Dominated Communities
Organizational Outcome: Safe and Humane Management of All District, City
and Municipal Jails

There are four (4) major programs under the mandate of BJMP and they are the
following:

 PDL custody, security and control program.

 PDL welfare and development program.
 Decongestion program.
 Good governance.

The Bureau has four major areas of rehabilitation program, namely: Livelihood Projects, Educational
and Vocational Training, Recreation and Sports, and Religious/ Spiritual Activities.

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) was created thru Republic Act 6975 as a line
bureau under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUCOR AND BJMP

The BuCor is an attached agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ) where convicted inmates are
imprisoned. Meanwhile, the BJMP is an agency under the watch of the DILG which handles the district,
city, and municipal jails where persons deprived of liberty (PDL) still facing trial are held

WHAT ARE THE JAILS UNDER BJMP AND PRISON UNDER BUREAU OF
CORRECTION?
 City, Municipal and District jails are under the Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) while Provincial and Sub-Provincial jails are under the concerned
provincial government.

WHAT ARE THE FOUR TYPES OF PRISON? Facilities are designated as either minimum, low,
medium, high, or administrative; and facilities with different security levels that are in close proximity
to each other are known as prison complexes. Learn more about each prison type below.

What are the BJMP duties and responsibilities?

BJMP is mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all
district, city and municipal jails nationwide with pronged tasks of safekeeping and
development of PDL.

What is the main goal of penology?

Penology is concerned with the effectiveness of those social processes devised and adopted
for the prevention of crime, via the repression or inhibition of criminal intent via the fear of
punishment.

What is the main objective in penology?

The objective of penology is to focus on how crimes are defined and punished, as well as how prisons
are managed.

What is the mission of the jail Bureau?

Provide for the basic needs of inmates; Conduct activities for the development of inmates;
Improve jail facilities; and, Promote the general welfare and development of personnel.

What is the highest position in BJMP?

The OCBJMP is the office of the highest executive management of the BJMP. It is the highest
office of the Jail Bureau where command and direction emanates from. It exercises
administrative and operational functions as mandated under RA 6975 and RA 9263 through its
Directorate Office and Management Support Units.

What laws are related to BJMP?

Laws and Policies

 RA 6725 (Prohibition on Discrimination Against Women)

 RA 10354 (Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health)
 RA 7192 (Women in Development and Nation Building Act)
 RA 7877 (Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995)
 RA 8972 (Solo Parent's Welfare Act of 2000)
 RA 9710 (Magna Carta of Women)

What law created the BJMP?

6975, other wise known as the "Department of the Interior and Local Government Act 1990",
that the task of fire protection, and jail management and penology shall be the responsibility
of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP), respectively.
What are the power and function of the BFP and BJMP?
The BFP and the BJMP shall establish, operate and maintain their respective regional offices
in each of the administrative regions of the country which shall be respectively headed by a
Regional Director for Fire Protection and a Regional Director for Jail Management and Penology
with the rank of senior superintendent.
What are the 3 classes of criminals?
Drdhms concluded that all types of criminals could be classified under three main heads:
instinctive criminals, habitual crim- inals, and single offenders.
What do the different colors of jail uniforms mean?
Though there is no standardization, in many jails color designations are dark red for “super-max”
or the “worst of the worst,” red for high risk, khaki or yellow for low risk, white as a segregation
unit like death row, green or blue for low-risk inmates on work detail, orange for general
population, black with orange
According to the United States Department of Corrections, there exist 4 primary levels of prison
security levels; these levels are the following:
1.       Maximum Security: This prison security level is the highest and most stringent; only the
most violent offenders are incarcerated within a maximum security prison. Within a maximum
security unit, there exist sub-units such as solitary confinement, protective custody, and special
housing units (SHU). In most cases, maximum security prisoners are confined to their cells for
up to 23 hours a day and are under strict monitoring. 
2.       Close Security: This prison security level is akin to maximum security in its construct –
consisting of single cells and close monitoring – yet close security prisoners are entitled extended
outside of their cells.
3.       Medium Security: This prison security level most resembles a large residence hall which
houses as many as 70 inmates in large, bunked sleeping quarters, as well as group toilet facilities.
Although there is consistent monitoring, medium security prisoners are afforded various work
assignments, which permits them to be out of their cells for longer periods of time.
4.       Minimum Security: Akin to the medium security prison, minimum security prisoners are
housed in dormitories, but are considered to be the lowest risk to the public. As a result, these
prisoners are afforded the opportunity to participate in groups, sessions, and rectification projects
in order to reform themselves.

What are the 3 classes of criminals?

Drdhms concluded that all types of criminals could be classified under three main heads:
instinctive criminals, habitual crim- inals, and single offenders.
What are the 7 types of crimes?
  Drug Crimes.
 Homicide.
 Criminal Attempt, Conspiracy, and Aiding and Abetting.
 Federal Crimes, Cybercrimes, and Juvenile Crimes.
 Sex Crimes.
 Theft Crimes.
 Traffic Offenses.
 Violent Crimes

What are the 12 causes of crime?

…the root causes of crime [are] poverty, unemploy- ment, underemployment, racism, poor
health care, bad hous- ing, weak schools, mental illness, alcoholism, single-parent families,
teenage pregnancy, and a society of selfishness and greed.

Types of Sentences
The death penalty

Thirty‐eight states and the federal government impose capital punishment. It is usually reserved
for those who commit first‐degree murder under aggravating circumstances. Defendants
convicted of capital offenses have a right to bring mitigating circumstances to the attention of the
sentencing authority in order to ensure that only those individuals who deserve to die for their
crimes receive the death penalty. Similarly, defendants also have a right to be free from the
arbitrary and capricious imposition of death as a penalty.

Probation

Probation, the most frequently used criminal sanction, is a sentence that an offender serves in
the community in lieu of incarceration. Probationers are required to adhere to conditions of
probation, such as obeying all laws, paying fines or restitution, reporting to a probation officer,
abstaining from drug usage, refraining from travel out of the area where the offender lives, and
avoiding certain people (for example, other criminals or victims) and places.

Boot camps

Offenders sentenced to boot camps live in military‐style barracks and undergo rigorous physical
and behavioral training for three to six months. Boot camps are generally reserved for first‐time
offenders in their late teens or early twenties. These highly regimented programs are designed to
instill discipline and hold youths accountable for their actions. Offenders who successfully
complete the program are resentenced to probation, avoiding confinement in prison.

House arrest and electronic monitoring

An offender sentenced to house arrest must spend all or most of the day at home. Compliance is
enforced in some states by requiring the offender to wear a small transmitter on the wrist or
ankle, which sends electronic signals to monitoring units. House arrest can stand alone as a
sanction or be used with electronic monitoring. It can also be coupled with fines, community
service, and other sanctions. Some electronic monitoring devices can analyze an offender's
breath to see if the offender has drunk any alcohol in violation of conditions of the house‐arrest
sentence.

Fines

Fines are common for first‐time offenders convicted of crimes such as shoplifting, minor drug
possession, and traffic violations. In more serious cases, judges combine fines with incarceration
or other punishments. If fines aren't paid, offenders go to jail. Fines discriminate against the
poor. Day fines are a creative response to this problem. They require offenders to pay a
percentage of their weekly or monthly earnings, thus attempting to equalize the financial impact
of the sentence on the offender.

Restitution

Restitution requires an offender to pay money to a victim, whereas a fine requires an offender to
pay money to the government. The idea behind restitution is to make the offender pay the victim
back for economic losses caused by the crime. The offender may, for example, be required to
pay the victim's medical bills or pay a sum of money equal to the value of property stolen. The
biggest problem with restitution is collecting the money. To enforce restitution orders, a judge
can attach, or garnish, an offender's assets or wages. Another way to enforce restitution is
possible in cases in which restitution is a condition of probation. If the offender fails to pay
restitution, a judge can revoke the probation and incarcerate the offender.