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THE

THE DAVAO
PENAL COLONY
Established in January 21,1932
DAVAO PENAL COLONY
Mission

then the Davao Penal Colony, has a land area of 30,000


hectares with a prison reservation of 8,000 hectares. It
is under the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).

At present the Davao Penal Colony houses medium and minimum security prisoners. They
work in the open fields escorted by the colony custodial force. It is now the biggest abaca
plantation in the country.. It is a major banana producer having secured a joint venture
agreement with Tagum Development Company. In a 3,000 hectares banana plantation. These
banana products are exported to Japan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and many other
countries.
4. From the 11th year, 15 days deduction for each month of good behavior.
GTCA may also be granted to a detainee to be deducted from his
sentence if convicted provided that he voluntarily offers to perform labor
as maybe assigned to him during his detention period. Such voluntary
offer must be in writing.
An inmate whose sentence is life imprisonment but is on appeal is not
entitled to GCTA.
SECTION 3. CLASSIFICATION OF
PRISONERS - THE FOUR (4) MAIN

Section 3. CLASSIFICATION OF PRISONERS - The


four (4) main
classifications of prisoners are:
A. Insular Prisoner - one who is sentenced to a
prison term of three (3) years and one (1) day to
death
B. Provincial Prisoner - one who is
sentenced to a prison term of six (6) months and
one (1) day to three (3) years.

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