TheJai

landBur
eauofJai
lManagementandPenol
ogy
Jaildefined.Jailsareinstit
utionsfort
heconfi
nementofpersonswho areawai
ting f
inal
disposit
ionoft hei
rcriminalcasesandalsot
heserv
iceoft
hoseconvi
ctedandpuni
shedwi t
h
shortersentences,usual
l
yupt o3y ear
s.
Ori
ginofj ail
.Jai
lsaresaidtohaveor i
ginat
edf rom medi
evalEurope.Jai
lswereor
igi
nal
ly
concei
vedt odet
ainsuspect
edof
fender
sunt i
ltheycoul
dbetr
ied.Event
uall
y,j
ail
scamet
oserv
e
asdetent
ionandpunishment.
Ty
pesofJai
lsi
nGener
al
Lock-upi
sasecurit
yfaci
li
tyf
ort
het
empor
arydet
ent
ionofper
sonshel
dfori
nvest
igat
ionor
wait
ingpr
eli
minar
yheari
ng.
Ordi
naryjai
l–housesbot
hof
fender
swai
ti
ngcour
tact
ionandt
hoseser
vingshor
tsent
ences
usual
lyupto3year
s.
Workhouses–jai
lfarm orcamp-
housesfort
hemi
nimum cust
odyofof
fender
sser
vingshor
t
sent
enceswit
hconst
ruct
iveworkpr
ograms.
Ty
pesofJai
lBasedonI
nmat
ePopul
ati
on
Ty
peA–wi
thapopul
ati
onof100inmatesormore
Ty
peB–wi
thapopul
ati
onof21-
90inmates
Ty
peC–wi
thapopul
ati
onof20inmatesorl
ess
Ty
pesofJai
lBasedoni
tsJur
isdi
cti
on
Muni
cipalj
ail
Ci
tyj
ail
Di
str
ictj
ail
Pr
ovinci
alj
ail
Bur
eauofJai
lManagementandPenol
ogy
HI
STORY
OnJanuary2,1991,t
heBureauofJai
lManagementandPenologywascreat
edthr
uRepubl
i
c
Act6975asali
neBureauundert
heDepar
tmentofI
nter
iorandLocal
Gov
ernment.
TheJailBur
eauistheupgr
adedv er
sionofit
sfor
erunner
,theOf f
iceofJai
lManagementand
Penol
ogyofthedef
unctPC/
INPlastheadedbyBRI
GGENAr seni
oE.Concepci
on.
Asmandatedbylaw,t
heBJMPshal
loper
ateundert
her
eor
gani
zedDepar
tmentoft
heI
nter
ior
andLocal
Gover
nment. 
Star
ti
ngfrom scr
atchwit
h500personneli
n1991t heBJMPweanedf r
om i
tsmotherPC/I
NPas
amer ecomponent,t
obecomeafull-
fl
edgedbureau.Di
rect
orChar
lesS.Mondej
artookhi
soat
h
ofoff
iceonJuly1of1991asthef
irstChi
efoftheBureau.
 
TheBureauofJai
lManagementandPenol
ogysuper
visesandcont
rol
sal
ldi
str
ict
,ci
tyand
muni
cipalj
ail
s.
Mi
ssi
on
To enhance publ
i
csafet
ybyensuri
ng humane saf
ekeeping and devel
opmentofPer sons
Depri
ved ofLiber
ty(
PDL)in al
ldi
str
ict
,ci
ty,and muni
cipaljail
sf orthei
rrei
ntegr
ati
on to
soci
ety.
Visi
on
A premierinsti
tut
ionhighl
yregardedbysoci
etyfort
hesecureand humanet
reat
mentof
PersonsDepriv
edofLibert
y(PDL)byit
scompet
entandmot
ivat
edcor
ps.
Mandat
es
BJMP ismandatedt
odi rect,superv
iseandcont
rolt
headmi ni
str
ati
onandoperat
ionofall
di
str
ict
,ci
tyandmuni
cipaljai
l
snat i
onwidewi
thpr
ongedtasksofsaf
ekeepi
nganddev
elopment
ofi
nmates.
Funct
ions
I
nli
newi
thi
tsmi
ssi
on,
theJai
lBur
eauendeav
orst
oper
for
mthef
oll
owi
ngf
unct
ions:
Formul atepol iciesandgui delinesi nt headmi nistr
ationofal ldi strict,ci ty,andmuni cipalj ail
s
nationwi de;
Impl ementst rongsecur it
ymeasur esf ort hecont rolofinmat es;
Prov idef ort hebasi cneedsofi nmat es;
Conductact iviti
esf ort hedev elopmentofi nmat es;
Impr ov ej ailfacili
t i
es; and,
Promot et hegener al wel f
areanddev elopmentofper sonnel .
POWERS- TheBJMPexer ci
sessuper vi
si onandcont rolov eral ldi st ri
ct ,cityandmuni cipalj ails.
Assuch,i tshal lensur et heest abli
shmentofsecur e,cl ean,adequat elyequi ppedsani tar y
facil
ities; andensur et hepr ov isionofqual i
tyser vi
cesf ort hecust ody ,saf ekeepi ng, rehabi l
itation
anddev elopmentofBJMPCompr ehensi veOper ati
onsManualRev i
sed2015Page2Bur eauof
JailManagementandPenol ogydi stri
ct, cityandmuni cipali nmat es, anyf ugi t
ivef r
om j ust ice,or
persondet ainedawai tingorunder goi ngi nvest igati
onort ri
aland/ ort ransf ert ot heNat i
onal
Peni tent i
ar y,and/ orv iolentment all
yi llper sonwhoendanger shi m/ her selfort hesaf etyof
other sascer ti
fied byt hepr opermedi calorheal th of ficer ,pendi ng t ransf ert o ament al
i
nst i
tut ion.
Organi zationofBJMPunderSECTI ON62ofRA6975.—
TheJai lBur eaushal lbeheadedbyaChi efwhoshal lbeassi st edbyadeput ychief .
TheJai lBur eaushal lcomposeofci tyandmuni cipalj ai ls,eachheadedbyaci t
yor
muni cipalj ailwar den:Pr ovided, That ,i
nt hecaseofl argeci ti
esandmuni cipalit
ies, adist rictjail
withsubor dinat ej ailsheadedbyadi strictjail war denmaybeest abl ishedasnecessar y
.
Organi zationandKeyPosi tionsoft heBFPandt heBJMPunderSEC.3  ofRA9263( Bur eauof
Fir
ePr ot ect i
onandBur eauofJai l ManagementandPenol ogyPr of essi onal izati
onActof2004) —
TheBFPandt heBJMPshal lber espect ivelyheadedbyaChi efwhoshal lbeassi st edby
two( 2)deput ychi ef s,one( 1)f oradmi ni strationandone( 1)f oroper ations, al
lofwhom shal lbe
appoi nt edbyt hePr esidentuponr ecommendat ionoft heSecr etar yoft heDI LGf rom amongt he
qualif i
edof ficerswi thatl eastt her ankofseni orsuper i
ntendenti nt heser v i
ce: Prov i
ded, Thati n
nocaseshal lanyof ficerwhohasr et iredori sr eti
rablewi thinsi x( 6)mont hsf rom hi s/her
compul sor yret i
rementagebeappoi ntedasChi efoft heFi reBur eauorChi efoft heJai lBur eau,
ast hecasemaybe: Pr
  ov i
ded,f urther,Thatt heChi efoft heFi reBur eauandChi efoft heJai l
Bureaushal lser veat ourofdut ynott oexceedf our( 4)y ear s.
GENERALPRI NCI PLESOFJAI LMANAGEMENT
Iti
st heobl igat i
onofj ailaut hor i
tiest oconf i
neof fenderssaf ety, pr ovider ehabi l
itativepr ogr ams
thatwi l
lnegat et heircr iminalt endenci esandr estor eposi t
ivev aluest omaket hem pr oduct iv
e
andl aw- abi dingci ti
zens.
Nopr ocedur eorsy stem ofcor rect i
onsshal ldepr i
v eanyof f
enderofhopef orhi sul t
imat er et
urn
tothef oldoft hel awandt oenj oyf ullmember shi pinsoci ety.
Detaineesshal lbepr esumedi nnocentandhi sr ight sasaf r
eeci t
izenshoul dber espect ed,
expectf orsuchr estraintswhi char enecessar yf ort heconf inementi nthei nt erestofj usticeand
publicsoci ety .
Offender sar ehumanbei ngent itledt othesamebasi crightsandpr i
vil
egesenj oyedbyci ti
zens
i
naf reesoci et y,exceptt hatt heexer ciseoft heirr ightsar elimitedorcont roll
edf orsecur ity
reasons.
Healthpr eser vat i
onandpr omptt r
eatmentofi ll
nessori nj
ur yisabasi cr ightofev eryper son
confinedi nj ailandi tist hedut yofj ailaut horiti
est oar r
angef ort hei rtreat mentsubj ectto
secur i
t ymeasur es.
Member soft hecust odi alfor ceshal lsett hemsel v esasexampl esi nal lt heiract ionswhi l
e
performi ngt hei rdut iesandr esponsi bi
lit
ies.
Jailper sonnelshal lnotuseabusi v
e,of fensi ve,andi ndecentl anguaget owar dof fender satany
ti
me.
Noj ai lper sonnelshal luseunnecessar yf or ceagai nstof fender sexceptf orlegi t
imat esel f-
defenseori ncaseofat t
empt edescape,casesofact iveandpassi vephy sicalr esistancet oa
l
awf ul order .
Nohar shpenal tyshal lbei mposedt oanyof fenderf orv i
olati
onofr ul
es/ regul ationsexcepti n
accor dancewi thdul yappr oveddi sci
plinar ypr ocedur es.
Member soft hecust odi alforcemustunder st andt hatof f
ender sneedt reat mentandcounsel i
ng
andt hepr imar ypur poseofconf inementi sf orsaf ekeepi ngandr ehabi l
i
t ati
on.
Member soft hecust odi alforcemustunder st andt hatof f
ender sneedt reat mentandcounsel i
ng
andt hepr imar ypur poseofconf inementi sf orsaf ekeepi ngandr ehabi li
tation.
Whenconduct i
ngr outinecust odi alguar di ng, ther atioof1: 7,oroneguar df orev ery7of fenders
shallbeobser v ed.
Whent heof fenderi sint ransit, ther ati
oof1: 1+1f orev eryof f
endershal lbeobser ved.I ncaseof
high-riskof fendert hatdemandsex tr
apr ecaut ion,addi ti
onalguar dsshal lbeempl oyed.Thi s
manni ngl ev el shal lbenat i
onal i
nscopef oref fectivej ail
admi nistrati
on
DETAINEEVOTI NGi
st heprocessbywhicharegistereddet
aineev oter,whoser egi
str
ati
on
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ed,deact
ivat
ed,
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l
edordeleted,
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e.
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uti
on9371,
dat
ed06Mar
ch2012,
hasdef
inedadet
aineet
obeanyper
sonwho
i
s:
confi
nedinjail
,for
mall
ychargedforanycr i
me/ sandawai
ting/
undergoingtr
ial
; or
servi
ngasent enceofi
mpr i
sonmentforlessthanone(1)year;
or
whoseconv icti
onofacr imeinvol
vi
ngdi sloyal
tytothedulyconstit
utedgov ernmentsuchas
rebel
li
on,sedit
ion,v
iol
ati
onofthefi
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aineeVot
ing
JAI
LOFFI
CESANDOPERATI
NGUNI
TS:FUNCTI
ONS,
DUTI
ESANDRESPONSI
BILI
TIES
OFFI
CEOFTHEWARDEN–t hewardenisr
esponsi
blef
ordirect
ion,coor
dinat
ionandcont
rolof
t
hepersonnel
,thei
nmat
esandtheprogr
amsoftheinst
it
uti
on.
Undert
heof
fi
ceoft
hewar
denar
ethef
oll
owi
ng:
Int
el l
igenceandi nvestigat
iont eam – col latesandsubmi t
sintel
li
genceinformat
iont othe
war denonmat t
erspert
ai ni
ngjailcondit
ions.
Jailinspectorat
esecti
on–i nspectthejailfacili
ti
es,theper
sonnelandpri
soners/det
aineesand
submi tr
eportsofdefi
cienciesnoted
Publ i
cr elat
ionsoffi
ce– t askwi t
ht hemai ntenanceofgoodpubl icrel
ati
onst oobt ai
nthe
necessar yandadequatesuppor toft hepublic.
OFFICEOFTHEASSI TANTWARDEN–heunder takest
hedevel
opmentofasystemati
cprocess
ofthetreatmentofindiv
iduali
nmatesanddeter
minesthedegr
eeofcust
odyforsuchindi
vi
dual
i
nhi scapacityaschai r
manoft heClassi
fi
cati
onBoard.Healsoaut
omati
call
yservesast he
chairoftheDisci
pli
naryBoard.
Classif
icati
onboard–istaskedwi t
ht hegat
heri
ngandcol lat
inginf
ormat ionandotherdataof
everypr i
sonerintoacasestudytodet er
minethewor kassignment,t ypeofsupervisi
on,and
degreeofcust odyandr
estr
icti
onunderwhichanoffendermustliv
einj ai
l.
Discipl
inaryboard–hearsdisci
pli
narycasesinv
olv
ingv i
olati
onofjailrulesandregulat
ionsby
theinmat es.
ADMI
NISTRATI
VEGROUP–i
n-char
geofal
ladmi
nist
rat
ivef
unct
ionsoft
hej
ail
.
Personnel managementbr anch–t askf ortheassignmentofper sonnel
,proceduresofsel ecti
on,
preparati
onofper sonnel r
epor tsandi ndi vi
dualrecordf i
les.
Recordsandst at
isti
csbr anch–keepandmai ntai
nbooki ngsheetsandar restreports,keepan
orderl
yrecordoff ingerprintsandphot ographs,prepar eandpr esentsst
ati
sticaldataofi nmates.
Propertyandsuppl ybranch–t akechar geoft hesaf ekeepingofequipmentandsuppl i
esand
mat er
ial
sneededf ortheoper ationoft hej ail
.
Budgetandf i
nancebr anch–t akechar geofal lfinancialmat t
ersuchasbudget ing,financi
ng,
accountingandaudi ti
ng.
Messser v
icesbranch–pr epar et hedai lymenu, preparesandcookt hefoodandser veittothe
i
nmat es.
Generalser vi
cesbr anch–mai ntai nandr epai
rofj ailfacil
i
tiesandequipment s;t askwi t
ht he
cl
eanlinessandbeaut i
ficationoft hej ailcompound
Mitti
mus comput ing br anch – r eceive cour tdeci si
ons and comput et he dat e oft he ful
l
compl et
ionoft heservicesent enceofi nmat es.
Mit
ti
mus–itisawarrantissuedbyacourtbear
ingit
ssealandsi
gnatureoft
hejudge,
dir
ecti
ng
t
hejai
lorpr
isonaut
horit
iestor ecei
vet
heconvict
edoff
enderforser
viceofsent
enceimposed
t
herei
n.
SECURITYGROUP–provi
desasy stem ofsoundcustody
,securi
tyandcont
rolofi
nmat
esand
thei
rmovement
sandal
soresponsibl
etoenforcepr
isonorjai
ldi
sci
pli
ne.
Escor
t/subpoenapl atoon
Escor
tsection–pr oducei nmat esunderpr operguar d,toProsecutorsauthori
tyuponpr oper
summons.Tr ansfertheprisonert openal i
nstit
uti
ononpr operor
deroft hecourtorauthori
ty.
Subpoenasection–r ecei
v es,di
st r
ibutesand/ orservessubpoenas,not i
ces,orders,summons
andothercourtprocessesdi rect
edt oinmat esconfinesinjail
.
Secur
itypl
atoon–r esponsibleforpr opersystem ofsecur i
tyandcontrolproceduresofinmates
i
nconf i
nement ,andt hesear chi
ngofal lpersonnelandv i
sit
orsenteri
ngt hejailcompoundt o
checkandpr
eventt
hesmuggl
i
ngofcont
raband.
Contr
aband-anyar
ti
cle,
item,
orthi
ngprohi
bit
edbylawand/orf
orbi
ddenbyj
ail
rul
est
hatwoul
d
poseassecur
it
yhazar
dsorendangert
heliv
esofinmates.
Cust
odiansecti
on–conductr egul
arcustodi
alfunct
ionsoverinmates
Admit
ti
ngandr eleasi
ngsection– partoft hesecurityplatoon.I
tist askedwithreceiv
ing
per
sonscommi ttedtothej
ailandproperrel
easeofpr i
sonerswhohav eservedpr
isonsentence
orar
ereleasedonor der
sofcompetentcourt
soraut hori
ty.
Pr
ocessofadmi
tt
ingper
soni
njai
l:
Booking
I
dentifi
cat
ion
Propert
yrecei
vi
ngandsaf
ekeepi
ng
Bri
efi
ng
REHABILITAIONGROUP–pr ovidesservi
cesandassi
stancetoprisonersandtheirf
amili
esto
enabl
et hem to solvethei
ri ndi
vi
dualneeds and probl
ems ar isi
ng fr
om t he pr
isoner
s
confi
nement.Cor
rect
ionandrehabi
li
tat
ionar
ethepri
maryint
erestofthi
sgroup.
Medi calheal th ser vi
ces – pr ovides medi caland phy sicalexami nation ofinmat es upon
confinement ,t
reatmentofsi ckinmat esandconductpsy chiatr
icandpsy chologi
calexami nat
ion.
Wor kandeducat i
ont her apyser vi
ces–i n-chargeoft hejobandeducat ionalprogr
amsneeded
forrehabi li
tati
onofi nmat esbypr ovidi
ngt hem jobi ncent i
vessot heycanear nandpr ovide
suppor tfortheirfami l
ieswhi l
einjail.
Socio-culturalservices–i ttakescar eoft hesocialcar eoft hesoci alcasewor kstudyoft he
i
ndi vi
dualpr isonersbymaki nginterviews,homev i
sits,andr efer
ralt ocommuni t
yr esources,
freelegal servi
cesandl iaisonwor ksf orinmates.
Chapl aincyser vi
ces– i tt akeschar geoft her el
igi
ousandmor alupl if
tmentoft hei nmat es
throughr eli
giousser vices.Thi sbranchcat erstoallrel
igioussect s.
Guidanceandcounsel l
ing ser vi
ces– r esponsiblef ort hei ndi
vidualand gr oup counselling
activi
tiestohel pleadawhol esomeconst ructi
velif
e.