“Activity 3” RESEARCH WORK

PRISON FACILITY UNDER THE BUREAU OF CORRECTION IN THE

PHILIPPINES.
1. The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City;
The New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, is the main insular penitentiary
designed to house the prison population of the Philippines. It is maintained by the Bureau
of Corrections (BuCor) under the Philippine Department of Justice. As of October 2004,
it has an inmate population of 16,747. The penitentiary had an initial land area of 551
hectares. One hundred four hectares of the facility were transferred to a housing project of
the Department of Justice. The Bureau of Corrections has its headquarters in the NBP
Reservation.
Recreation and facilities
The prisoners pass the time in the basketball court in the penitentiary’s gymnasium. They
are also engaged in the production of handicrafts. Various religious organizations are
active in the prison and daily masses are held in the prison’s chapel. The New Bilibid
Prison also houses a Talipapa (market) where the prisoners can buy commodities.
Educational facilities inside the compound provide elementary education, high school
education, vocational training and adult literacy programs. It also provides a Bachelor’s
Degree in Commerce. Medical services are given by religious groups and charitable
organizations such as the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Amazing Grace Christian
ministries, Philippine Prison Jesuit Service and Caritas Manila.

2. The Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City;

CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN (CIW): In a report dated January 22,

1959, submitted to a committee created by Administrative Order No. 287 by the President of
the Philippines, it was noted that “before a separate building was constructed especially for
women prisoners, all female convicts were confined at the Old Bilibid Prison on Azcarraga
St., Manila. The male prisoners were confined in dormitories near the women’s quarters.
Because of these conditions, vocational activities of the women prisoners were limited to
embroidery. When they became ill, the women were confined in a separate building which
served as a hospital with nurses and prison physicians. When women prisoners needed
surgery, they were operated on at the Bilibid Prison. After the operation, they were
transferred to the infirmary for convalescence”
Prison authorities were aware of the conditions that the women prisoners had to endure.
Consequently, the transfer of the women to a separate site became inevitable. After a series
of negotiations started by Prison Director Ramon Victorio, the Philippine Legislature passed
Republic Act No. 3579 in November, 1929. It authorized the transfer of all women inmates to
a building in Welfareville at Mandaluyong, Rizal and appropriated P60,000 for the move.
On February 14, 1931, the women prisoners were transferred from the Old Bilibid Prison to
the building especially constructed for them. Its old name, “Women’s Prison,” was changed
to “Correctional Institution for Women.” This was in keeping with emerging trends in
penology, which emphasized correction rather than punishment. Convicts were brought back
into the social mainstream adjusted and rehabilitated with a better outlook in life.
CIW, according to a Senate report, occupied 18 hectares. The original structure was a one-
story building which housed the office, the brigades, mess hall, kitchen, chapel, infirmary,
bathrooms and employees’ restrooms. The building has a central courtyard with trees and
flowering plants. The prisoners’ vocational activities were expanded to include poultry and
piggery as well as cultivation of crops, flowers and fruits. Living quarters for the institution’s
employees were later constructed in the compound. During the Japanese occupation, the
CIW, despite a drastic reduction in the number of its employees, continued with its work. A
number of female military prisoners were also confined in the institution. They were later
freed by the U.S. Army. After the war, the CIW resumed its normal operations. Weekly
catechism classes were . From the CIW website

3. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan;

This unique “prison without bars” was established by the Americans in 1904. The inmates
tend vast farms instead of idly spending time behind bars. The more enterprising earn by
making handicrafts and other productive activities during their spare time. Iwahig has
since become synonymous to finely handcrafted bags and other souvenir items.

The Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm is one of the most popular prisons in the Philippines. It
was established in 1902 by the United States for the Filipino prisoners who had fought with
the American during their colonization in the Philippines.

IWAHIG PENAL COLONY: This facility was established during the American occupation.
It was however, during the Spanish regime that Puerto Princesa was designated as a place
where offenders sentenced to banishment were exiled. A specific area of Puerto Princesa was
selected as the site for a correctional facility. The American military carved out a prison
facility in the rain forest of Puerto Princesa. The institution had for its first Superintendent Lt.
George Wolfe, a member of the U.S. expeditionary force, who later became the first prisons
director.
 4. Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro;

- Founded on September 27, 1954 by virtue of Proclamation No. 72 dated September

27, 1954.
- It consists of 16,190 hectares in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.
- One of the prisons nearer to Metro Manila.
- The penal colony is designed for minimum security prisoners.
- PRIMARY PRODUCT is RICE that is used also to supply the NBP.
- PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY and PRODUCT is AGRICULTURE and product is
AGRICULTURAL RICE not only for the use of the inmates of the colony but also
supplying some rice needs of the NBP.

5. San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City;

- located in Zamboanga City
- founded by Captain Ramon Blanco of the Spanish Royal Army.
- It was established for the confinement of muslim and political offenders.
- established on August 21, 1869.
- the oldest correctional facility in the country.
- has an area of 1,246 hectares, with the
- PRINCIPAL PRODUCT – Copra
- SECONDARY PRODUCT – Rice, Corn, Coffee, Cattle and live stocks.
6. Leyte Regional Prison in Abuyog, Leyte;

- found in Abuyog, Leyte

- established on January 16, 1973 under proclamation 1101 during the martial law with
the aim of regionalizing prisons in the country.
 - the last penal facility to be built by the Bureau of Prisons.
Leyte Regional Prison
Seventy-four persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) have been transferred from the New Bilibid
Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog, Leyte as
part of the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) efforts to decongest jails. In a statement, the LRP
said it has placed in its custody the 74 PDLs who would be taught agricultural skills available
in prison and penal ffarms LRP Acting Superintendent C/Supt. Has assured that the PDLs
turnover by the NBP were safe, secured and all accounted for.
It said the 74 PDLs were transported aboard two BuCor buses that were escorted by C/SInsp.
Israel Basi of the BuCor national headquarters.
Earlier, BuCor said that 87 PDLs from the NBP and the Correctional Institution for Women
(CIW) in Mandaluyong City were transferred to the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
(SRPPF) in Zamboanga City and to the CIW at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Davao
del Norte.

7. Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Panabo, Davao Province.

The Davao Penal Colony is the first penal settlement founded and organized under Filipino
administration. The settlement, which originally had an area of approximately 30,000
hectares in the districts of Panabo and Tagum, Davaodel Norte, was-formatly established on
January 21,-1932 by virtue of Act No. 3732. This Act authorized the Governor-General to
lease or sell the lands, buildings and improvements in San Ramon Prison and Iwahig Penal
Colony. The site offered ideal conditions for agricultural activities.
The Bureau offers a variety of inmate work programs, from agricultural to industrialL The
purpose of the inmate work program is to keep the inmates busy, and to provide them money
for their personal expenses and their families as well as help them acquire livelihood skills, in
order that they may become productive citizens once they are released and assimilated back
into the mainstream of society.

Rehabilitation can be facilitated by improving an inmate’s academic and job skills. Records
show that many prisoners are poorly educated. A majority are elementary school drop outs or
have not even finished primary school. Prison education amounts to remedial schooling
designed to prepare inmates to obtain basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics.
JAIL UNDER BJMP REGION 3 AND THEIR CURRENT WARDENS

BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF BATAAN

Provincial Jail Administrator :
JCINSP MANOLET L DATAN

Jail Name: BATAAN DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORMITORY

Warden: JCINSP MANOLET L DATAN
Address: Capitol Compound, Balanga City, Bataan
Contact Number: (047) 237-5774

Jail Name: BATAAN DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP GRACE YAMBAO
Address: Capitol Compound, Balanga City, Bataan
Contact Number: 237 5774

Jail Name: BALANGA CITY JAIL

Warden: JSINSP JOSELITO ALEXIS SANTOS
Address: Lerma St. Ibayo, Balanga City, Bataan
Contact Number: (047) 300 0836

Jail Name: MARIVELES MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JINSP JONATHAN FUENTES
Address: Mariveles, Bataan
Contact Number:

Jail Name: DINALUPIHAN MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP ABRAHAM B LAZARO
Address: Dinalupihan, Bataan
Contact Number: (047) 304-1994
 BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF BULACAN
Provincial Jail Administrator :
JSUPT RUDILYN B SINOY

Jail Name: BALAGTAS DISTRICT JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP LITO M FLORENTINO
Address: Brgy. Wawa, Balagtas, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 693-5002

Jail Name: BALIUAG MUNICIPAL JAIL

Warden: JCINSP PRUDENCIO B DULNUAN JR
Address: DRT Hi-way, Pagala Baliwag, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 798-0095

Jail Name: MALOLOS CITY JAIL

Warden: JCINSP WILLIE T TINAZA
Address: Malolos City, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 662-7141

Jail Name: MARILAO MUNICIPAL JAIL

Warden: JCINSP CLIFF RICHARD T TORRES
Address: Brgy Poblacion 2, Marilao Bulacan
Contact Number: (044)322-2691
 Jail Name: MEYCAUAYAN CITY JAIL
Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP KIM ALLEN R CRISTAL
Address: Brgy. Camalig, City of Meycauayan, Bulacan
Contact Number: 0995-0586-941

Jail Name: PLARIDEL MUNICIPAL JAIL MALE DORM

Warden: JSINSP EDWIN G BULATAO
Address: Poblacion, Plaridel, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 794-2436

Jail Name: PLARIDEL MUNICIPAL JAIL FEMALE DORM

Warden: JINSP MA CRISTINA R BUSACAY
Address: Maria Lourdes Subdivision, Plaridel, Bulacan

Jail Name: PULILAN MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP OLIVER T BARAERO
Address: Pulilan, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 676-1440

Jail Name: SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY JAIL MALE DORM
Warden: JSUPT EDMUND L LLAMASARES
Address: Poblacion 1, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 691-3311

Jail Name: SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY JAIL FEMALE DORM
Warden: JINSP RESSIE R DANTE
Address: Poblacion 1, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan
Contact Number:
Jail Name: STA. MARIA MUNICIPAL JAIL
Warden: JCINSP ARNEL V SARINO
Address: Poblacion, Sta. Maria, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 641-5089

Jail Name: BOCAUE MUNICIPAL JAIL

Warden: JSINSP ANTONIO A GUIYAB
Address: Bocaue, Bulacan
Contact Number: (044) 309-2714

Jail Name: GUIGUINTO MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP ROY C REGACHO
Address: Mc Arthur Highway Brgy. Poblacion, Guiguinto Bulacan
Contact Number:

BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF NUEVA ECIJA

Provincial Jail Administrator :
JSUPT CRISTINA P CASTILLO

Jail Name: CABANATUAN DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Warden: JINSP MARIVIC C MILO
Address: Brgy. Kalikid Norte, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number:

Jail Name: GAPAN CITY JAIL

Warden: JCINSP DJOHANNY L DOMINGO
Address: San Vicente, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number: (044) 486-7645
 Jail Name: GUIMBA DISTRICT JAIL
Warden: JCINSP DARREL G GREZULA
Address: Afan Salvador St., Brgy. Saranay, Guimba, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number: (044) 611-0529

Jail Name: SAN JOSE CITY DISTRICT JAIL

Warden: JCINSP JANICE B CAFONGTAN
Address: Brgy. Malasin, San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number: (044) 511-3101

Jail Name: TALAVERA MUNICIPAL JAIL

Warden: JSINSP CHRISTOPHER S AO-WAT SR
Address: Brgy. Maestrang Kikay, Talavera, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number: (044) 411-7963

Jail Name: CABANATUAN DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORMITORY

Warden: JSUPT ELVIS L DANGLOSE
Address: Brgy. Kalikid Norte, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
Contact Number:

BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF PAMPANGA

Provincial Jail Administrator :

Jail Name: ANGELES DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORMITORY

Warden: JSUPT BERNABE D OLSIM
Address: Camp Tomas Pepito, Angeles City, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045) 322-5552

Jail Name: ANGELES DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Officer-in-Charge: JSINSP CECILIA M TAMAYO
Address: Camp Tomas Pepito, Angeles City, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045) 304-1474
Jail Name: ARAYAT DISTRICT JAIL
Warden: JSINSP REX S DAJAY
Address: Plaza Luma West, Arayat, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045) 855-2432

Jail Name: GUAGUA DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORM

Warden: JSUPT JUNTEDDY G MADRIA
Address: Jose Abad Santos Avenue, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga
Contact Number:

Jail Name: GUAGUA DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Warden: JINSP MARYROSE D LORENZO
Address: Jose Abad Santos Avenue, San Matias, Guagua, Pampanga
Contact Number:

Jail Name: SAN FERNANDO DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORMITORY

Warden: JSUPT GERARD VOLTAIRE F PACE
Address: Telabastagan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045) 459-0296

Jail Name: SAN FERNANDO DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Warden: JSINSP ARLENE KAY D BENTICAN
Address: Telabastagan, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Contact Number: (045) 459-0296
BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF TARLAC
Provincial Jail Administrator :
JCINSP NEIL C MONDANO

Jail Name: PANIQUI MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-In-Charge: JSINSP AARON KEVIN S AREVALO
Address: Municipal Compound, Paniqui, Tarlac
Contact Number: 491 3883

Jail Name: TARLAC CITY JAIL MALE DORM

Warden: JCINSP ARVIN D ANTONIO
Address: Brgy. Baras-Baras, Tarlac City, Tarlac
Contact Number: (045) 491-2427

Jail Name: TARLAC CITY JAIL FEMALE DORM

Warden: JINSP JESSICA M CORPUZ
Address: Baras-Baras, Tarlac City, Tarlac
Contact Number: (045) 491-2427

Jail Name: CAMILING MUNICIPAL JAIL

Officer-in-Charge: JCINSP MICHAEL R DE JESUS
Address: Municipal Compound, Corner Rizal Street Camiling, Tarlac
Contact Number: 045 -934-2009

BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF ZAMBALES

Provincial Jail Administrator :
JSUPT ROWENA M DOMINGO
 Jail Name: OLONGAPO DISTRICT JAIL MALE DORMITORY
Warden: JSUPT EPIFANIO B BAYUNGUBONG JR.
Address: Camp Cabal, Rizal St., Bo. Barretto, Olongapo City
Contact Number: 047-602-7330

Jail Name: OLONGAPO DISTRICT JAIL FEMALE DORMITORY

Warden: JSUPT ROWENA M DOMINGO
Address: Camp Cabal, Rizal St., Bo Baretto, Olongapo City, Zambales
Contact Number: (047) 222-9492

BJMP PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF AURORA

Provincial Jail Administrator :
JSUPT CRISTINA P CASTILLO

Jail Name: BALER MUNICIPAL JAIL

Warden:
Address: New Public Market Comp, Brgy. Suklayin, Baler Aurora
Contact Number: