NON-

INSTI
TUTI
ONALCORRECTI
ON

EFFECTSOFPRI
SON

Pr
isonsar
eof
tent
hescenesofbr
utal
i
ty,
viol
enceandst
ress.

1.Psy
chosi
s

2.Sev
ereDepr
essi
on

3.I
nhi
bit
ingAnxi
ety

4.Compl
eteSoci
alWi
thdr
awal

5.Cl
aust
rophobi
a

SOMEOFPREDI
CTABLEPSYCHOLOGI
CALEFFECTSI
NCLUDE:

1.St
ress

2.Deni
al

3.Ni
ght
mar
esandt
hei
nabi
l
ityt
osl
eep

4.Phobi
as

5.Subst
anceabuse

6.Cr
imi
nal
act
ivi
ty

7.Andsomef
ormsofsel
fdest
ruct
ivebehav
ior

PRI
SONPROBLEMS

Cr
owdi
ng

-hasari
senduetocorr
ect
ionali
nst
it
uti
onsbei
ngf
orcedt
ohousef
armor
e
i
nmatesthant
heywer
edesignedt
ohold.

Pr
isonr
iot
s

-ar eacoll
ecti
veat t
emptbyi nmat
estoseizecontr
oloverpartorallofa
prsionasaf or
m ofpr ot
est
,andagaint
ryt
oov erpowert
heiroppressor
sby
forcingt
hei
rway suponthem.

PRI
SONSUI
CIDE

-Theoccur
enceofpr
isonsui
cidei
sev
idencet
hatpr
isonl
i
fei
sst
ressf
ult
o
manyi
nmat
es.

SOLUTI
ON

-in ordertor educe t

he pr
obl
em insi
de pr
isons t
he mostpr
omisi
ng
modif
icat
ionsinvol
veshavi
nganincr
easest
affandsecur
it
yanddecr
ease
i
ncacerat
ionr
ates.

THECOMMUNI
TY-
BASEDTREATMENTPROGRAMS

Theseprogramsar eintendedtotreatcrmi
nalof
fenderswit
hi nthef r
ee
community as al
ternat
ives t
o confi
nement.Iti
ncludes al
lcor r
ect
ional
acti
vi
ti
esdir
ectl
yaddr essedtotheof f
enderandaimedathel pi
nghimt o
becomealaw-abi
dingciti
zen.

FORMSOFCOMMUNI
TY-
BASEDPROGRAMS

Probati
on-Adisposit
ionwherebyadefendant
,afterconvict
ionofanoffense,
thepenaltyofwhichdoesnotexceed6y ear
sofi mpr i
sonment,isrel
eased
subjecttothecondi t
iond i
mposed byther el
easing courtand underthe
supervi
sionofaprobati
onoffi
cer
.

Adv
ant
agesofPr
obat
ion

1.Theconvi
cted cr
imi
nalof
fendercancont
inuet
o wor
kinhi
spl
aceof
empl
oyment
.

2.I
tpr
event
sthet
endencyofbr
okenhomes.

3.I
trel
i
evespr
isoncongest
ion.

Parole-Iti
sapr ocedur
ebywhi chpr
isonersar
eselectedforrel
easeanda
ser
v i
cebywhi chtheyareprov
idedwiththenecessarycontr
ols,assist
ance
and guidanceast heyser
vet heremainderofthei
rsentencei nt hef r
ee
communi ty.

EXECUTI
VECLEMENCI
ES

Amnest
y-A gener
alpar
donext
ended t
o agr
oup ofper
son,such aspol
i
tical
offender
spurposel
ytobringaboutt
her et
urnofdi
ssi
dent
stot
hei
rhomeandt
o
restor
epeaceandorderi
nthecommunit
y.

Commut at
ion-AnactofthePresi
dentchangi
ng/
reduci
ngaheav
iersent
encet
oa
l
ight
eroneoralongert
ermint
oshortert
erm.

Repri
eve-Atemporar
yst
ayoft
heexecut
ionofsent
enceespeci
all
ytheex
ecut
ionof
theDeathSent
ence.

Par
don-Anactofgr aceex t
endedtopr
isoner
sasamat
terofr
ight
,vest
edt
othe
Chi
efExecut
iveasmatterofpower
.

Probati
onmeans:"Aperi
odoft
est
ingorobser
vingt
hechar
act
erorabi
li
ti
esofa
personinacer
tai
nrol
e"
Ot
herusesoft
hewor
dPr
obat
ionsuchas:

*Pr
obat
ionar
yEmpl
oyee

*UnderPr
obat
ionst
udent

Pr
obat
ionasdef
inedbyl
aw:

Probati
on,i
sadisposi
ti
onunderwhi
chadef
endant
,af
terconv
ict
ionandsentence,
is
rel
easedsubjecttocondi
ti
onsimposedbythecour
tandt othesupervi
si
onofa
probat
ionoff
icer
.

Somesy
stemsconsi
der
edt
obet
hef
orer
unnerofpr
obat
ion.

*Benef
itoft
hecl
ergy

*Rel
easeonr
ecogni
zance

*Bani
shment

Thewor
dPROBATI
ONcomesf
rom t
hel
ati
nver
b"Pr
obar
e"whi
chmeanst
opr
ove.

Pr
obat
ionmeansaper
iodoft
est
ing.

Probat
ionhasori
ginat
edi
nEnglandi
nthey
ear1841l
edbyMat
thewDav
enpor
tHi
l
l
anEnglishl
awy
erandpenol
ogi
st.

1stProbat
ionlegi
sl
ati
onwaspassedintheUnitedSt
atesi
n1878,t
hepi
oneerof
probat
ioni
ntheU.SisJohnAugust
usashoemaker.

Probati
oni nthePhi
li
ppinesbegunwhenHouseBi l
lNo.393-fil
edbyTeudoloC.
Nativi
dadandRamonBagat si
ng.Thisi
st hesecondbi
ll
/measur
et hatat
tempt
sto
establ
ishedanadul
tprobati
oninthePhi
l
ippines.

I
twaspassedi
nthel
owerhousebutpendi
ngi
nthesenat
ewhenmar
ti
all
aw was
pr
ocl
aimed.

PRESENTPROBATI
ONLAW I
NTHEPHI
LIPPI
NES

Pr
esi
dent
ial
Decr
ee968-Pr
obat
ionLawof1976

Thiswassi gnedi
ntolawbyt henPresi
dentFerdi
nandMar cosonJuly24,1976dur
ing
thelastdayofthefi
rstnat
ionalconfer
enceonCr i
meCont rol
heldatCampAguinaldo.
Theappl i
cati
onforprobat
ionshallbefi
ledbysentencedorconvi
ctedoff
enderwhose
sentenceisnotmor ethan6y earsimprisonment
.Thebenef i
tofprobat
ionshal
lnot
beapplicablei
f:

1.Sent
encet
oser
veamaxi
mum t
erm ofi
mpr
isonmentofmor
ethan6y
ear
s
2.Conv
ict
edofanyof
fenseagai
nstt
hesecur
it
yoft
hest
ates,
suchas:

*Tr
eason(
Art
.114RPC)

*Conspi
racyandpr
oposal
tocommi
ttr
eason(
Art
.115RPC)

*Mi
spr
isi
onoft
reason(
Art
.116RPC)

*Espi
onage(
Art
.117RPC)

3.Whohaveprevi
ousl
ybeenconv
ict
edbyfi
naljudgmentofanoffensepuni
shby
i
mpri
sonmentofnotl
esst
han1monthand1dayorafineofnotl
essthan200php.

4.Whohav
ebeenonceonpr
obat
ionundert
hepr
ovi
sionofP.
D968

5.Whoareal
readyser
vingsent
enceatt
het
imet
hesubst
ant
ivepr
ovi
sionofP.
D968
becameappl
i
cable.

6.Sent
encewi
thdi
sti
err
o.

7.Anypersonwhoshal l
ebeconv i
ctedofvi
olat
ionofR.
A.9165,r
egardl
essoft
he
quant
it
yofdrugsandt hepenalt
yimposedbythecour
tshal
lnotbeal
lowedtoav
ail
thepr
ivi
l
egeprovi
sionoftheprobat
ionl
aw.

*Except
iont
other
ule

UnderSec.70ofR. A.9165,t
heCompr ehensi
v eDanger
ousDrugsActof2002,t
he
fi
rst
-t
imemi noroffenderwhouponpr omulgat
ionofthesent
ence,t
hecourtmay,i
n
i
tsdiscr
eti
on,placedtheaccusedunderprobat
ion.

ESSENCEOFPROBATI
ON

1.Reducespr
isonpopul
ati
on

2.Rehabi
l
itat
etheof
fender

3.Pr
otectt
hepubl
i
c

4.Thev
aluesandbel
i
eft
hatpeopl
ecanchangei
sinst
il
l

WHERETHEAPPLI
CATI
ONOFPROBATI
ONSHALLBEFI
LED?

Theapplicat
ionofprobati
onshallbef
il
edbysent
encedorconvi
ctedoff
enderwhose
sentenceisnotmor ethan6y ear
simpri
sonment
.Itshal
lbefi
l
edwi t
hthecourtt
hat
tr
iedandsent encedt
heoffender.

I
STHEREANEEDTOAPPLYFORPROBATI
ONTOAVAI
LOFI
TSBENEFI
TS?

Yes,i
twil
lnotbegrant
edex ceptupontheappl
i
cat
ionoft
heaccused,af
teri
tshal
l
haveconv
ict
edandsentencedadefendant
.

WHENCANAPETI
TIONERFI
LEHI
SAPPLI
CATI
ONFORPROBATI
ON?
Thelawsay
st hatt
heappl
icat
ionshoul
dbemadewi hti
ntheperi
odforper
fect
ingan
appeal
orwit
hin15daysfr
om thepromul
gat
ionofnoti
ceofjudgment
.

I
STHEREAFORM PRESCRI
BEI
NTHEAPPLI
CATI
ONOFPROBATI
ON?

Yes,i
tshal
lbeinthefor
m appr
ovedbet heSecr
etar
yofJust
iceasr
ecommendedby
theAdmini
str
atororasmaybeprescr
ibedbytheSC.

WHATI
STHEPROCEDUREI
NAPPLYI
NGPROBATI
ON?

1.Theof
fenderorhi
scouncel
fil
esapet
it
ionwi
tht
heconv
ict
ingcour
t.

2.Thecour
tdeter
minesconv
ictqual
i
ficat
ionsandnot
if
iest
hepr
osecut
oroft
he
fi
l
li
ngoft
hepet
it
ion

3.Theprosecut
orsubmit
shi
scomment
sonsuchappl
i
cat
ionwi
thi
n10day
sfr
om
recei
ptoft
henoti
fi
cat
ion

WHATTHENBETHEDUTYOFTHECOURTAFTERRECEI
PTOFTHEAPPLI
CATI
ON?

Thet r
ialcourtmaynoti
fyt
heconcernedprosecuti
ngoff
iceroft
heappl
i
cat
ionata
reasonableti
mebefor
etheschedul
edhear
ingthereof.

WHAT IF THE COURT FI

NDS THAT THE PETI
TIONER I
S QUALI
FIED FOR
PROBATI
ON?

I
fpet i
ti
oneri squal
ifi
ed,hi
s appl
i
cat
ion i
sref
err
ed t
othe pr
obat
ion of
fi
cerf
or
post
-sentenceinv
est
igati
on.

WHATI
SPOST-
SENTENCEI
NVESTI
GATI
ON?

P.S.
Ii sat hor
oughinvesti
gat
iontogat heri
nfor
mati
onrel
ati
vetot heoff
ender'
s
character
.ThePost
-SentenceI
nvest
igat
ionisshor
tofacompl
etebackgr
oundcheck
oftheof f
ender
.

HOW LONGI
STHEDURATI
ONOFPSI
?

Thepost-
sentencei
nvesti
gat
ionr
epor
t(PSI
R)i
ssubmi
tt
edbyt
hepr
obat
ionof
fi
cert
o
thecour
twithi
n60day s.

WHATI
STHEEFFECTOFFI
LINGANAPPLI
CATI
ONFORPROBATI
ON?

1.Thecour
tmay ,
uponr
ecei
ptoft
heappl
i
cat
ionsuspendt
heexecut
ionofsent
ence
i
mposedinjudgment
.

2.Pending t
he approvaloft
hePSI R and t
he r
esolut
ion on t
he apl
l
icat
ion,the
appli
cantmaybeal lowedont empor
aryli
bertyunderhisbail
,onanew bai l,or
rel
easedonrecogni
zance.

Thecour
twi
l
lnotgr
antpr
obat
ioni
fitf
indst
hat
:

1.Theof f
endercanbet
reat
edbet
teri
nament
ali
nst
it
uti
onorot
herpl
acesf
or
cor
rect
ion.
2.Theof
fenderi
sar
iskt
othecommuni
ty.

3.Theof
fensei
sgr
iev
oust
otheey
esoft
hecommuni
ty.

WHATI
STHEPURPOSEOFPSI
?

Toenablethet r
ialcour
ttodeterminewhetherornottheappli
cantgrantordenyof
theappli
cat
ion.Thecourtcannotdecidewi
thoutther
esul
tofPSI.Withi
n5day sfr
om
therecei
ptofthePSIRthecourtshall
resol
vedthepet
it
ionforpr
obati
on.

WHATI
STHENATUREANDCHARACTEROFPSI
?

I
t'
sar ecommendatoryinnat
ureandpersuasi
veinchar
act
eraddressedt
ot hesound
di
screti
onoft hetr
ialcour
tconsider
ingthatthedeni
alorgrantofprobati
onisa
j
udici
alfunct
ion.

WHATI
FTHECOURTDENI
EDTHEAPPLI
CATI
ONFORPROBATI
ON?

Theconv i
ctshal
lsufferthepenal
tyi
mposedbyt
het
ri
alcour
t,anor
derdeny
ing
probat
ioni
snon-appealabl
e.

Per
iodofPr
obat
ion

1.Foraconvictsent
encedtoat er
m ofimpr
isonmentofnotmor
ethan1y
ear
,the
probat
ionper
iodshal
lnotexceed2year
s.

2.I
nal
lot
hercases,
thesai
dper
iodshal
lnotex
ceed6y
ear
s(Sec14,
Par(
a)PD968)

OBLI
GATI
ONSOFAPROBATI
ONER

1.Presenthi
msel
ftot
hepr
obat
ionof
fi
cerwi
thi
n72hour
sfr
om r
ecei
ptofpr
obat
ion
order
.

2.Reporthi
msel
ftot
hepr
obat
ionof
fi
ceratl
eastonceamont
hdur
ingt
heper
iodof
probat
ion.

3.Nott
ovi
olat
ethecondi
ti
onsofhi
spr
obat
ion.

MANDATORYCONDI
TIONSOFPROBATI
ON

1.Topr esenthi
mselftotheProbat
ionOf
fi
cef
orsuper
visi
onwi
thi
n72hour
sfr
om
recei
ptoftheprobat
ionor
der.

2.Toreportt
otheassi
gnpr
obat
ionof
fi
ceratl
eastonceamonthduri
ngt
heperi
odof
probat
ionatsucht
imeandpl
aceasmaybespecif
iedbyt
heProbat
ionOf
fi
ce.

DI
SCRETI
ONARYCONDI
TIONSOFPROBATI
ON

1.Cooper
atewi
thhi
spr
ogr
am ofpr
obat
iont
reat
mentandsuper
visi
on.

2.Meethi
sfami
l
yresponsi
bil
i
ty.

3.Dev
otehi
msel
ftoaspeci
fi
cempl
oymentandnott
ochangesai
dempl
oyment
wi
thoutt
hepr
iorwr
it
tenappr
oval
oft
heChi
efPr
obat
ionandPar
oleof
fi
cer
.

4.Under
gomedi
cal
,orpsy
chol
ogi
cal
,orcl
i
nic,
ordr
ugorpsy
chi
atr
icexami
nat
ions.

5.Compl
ywi
thapr
ogr
am ofpay
mentci
vi
ll
iabi
l
ityoft
heof
fendedpar
ty.

6.Pur
sueapr
escr
ibedsecul
arst
udyorv
ocat
ional
trai
ning.

7.Att
endorr
esi
deinafaci
l
ityest
abl
i
shedf
ori
nst
ruct
ion,schedul
eorr
esi
denceof
per
sonsonpr
obat
ion.

8.Ref
rai
nfr
om v
isi
ti
nghousesofi
l
l-r
eput
e.

9.Abst
ainf
rom dr
inki
ngi
ntox
icat
ingbev
eraget
oexcess.

10.Per
mitt
hesuper
visi
ngpr
obat
iont
ovi
sithi
shomeandpl
aceofwor
k.

11.Resi
deatpr emi
sesapprov
edbythetri
alcour
tandnott
ochangehi
sresi
dence
wit
houtproperappr
oval
ofthesai
dcour
t.

12.Sati
sfyot
hercondit
ionsr
elat
edt
ohisrehabil
i
tat
ionsi
ntoausefulcit
izen,
whichi
s
notundulyr
estr
ict
iveofhisl
i
bert
yori
ncompatibl
ewithhi
sfreedom ofconsci
ence.

WHATI
FTHEPROBATI
ONERCHANGEHI
SRESI
DENCE?

Whenevraprobat
ioneri
spermit
tedtochangehis/herresi
dencet
hecont
rolov
er
hi
m/hertot
heexecuti
vej
udgeofthef
ir
sti
nstanceofthatpl
ace.

WHATI
FTHEREI
SAVI
OLATI
ONCOMMI
TTEDBYTHEPROBATI
ONER?

1.Thecour
tmayi
ssueawar
rantf
ort
hear
restoft
hepr
obat
ioner
.

2.TheCour
tmayr
evokeorcont
inuet
hepr
obat
ionandmodi
fyt
hecondi
ti
onst
her
eof
.

3.I
frevoked,t
heprobat
ionershal
lbeor der
ed to ser
vet hesentenceori
ginal
ly
i
mposedandshall
committhepr
obat
ioner
.Theorderofthecourti
snotappeal
able.

TERMI
NATI
ONOFPROBATI
ON

1.Af
terper
iodofpr
obat
ionwi
thsat
isf
act
orycompl
i
ancewi
thcondi
ti
onsofpr
obat
ion.

2.Ter
minat
ionbypar
donoft
hepr
obat
ioner
.