Bureau of Jail Management and Penology

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping and development of persons deprived of liberty (PDL[2]).

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
Kawanihan ng Pamamahala ng Kulungan at Penolohiya
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 2, 1991
HeadquartersBJMP Building, 144 Mindanao Avenue,
Barangay Bahay Toro,
Quezon City, Philippines
Annual budget₱18.60 billion (2020)[1]
Agency executive
  • JDIR. ALLAN SULLANO IRAL, CESE, Chief, BJMP
Parent agencyDepartment of the Interior and Local Government
Websitewww.bjmp.gov.ph

History

It was created on January 2, 1991 by virtue of Republic Act No. 6975 also known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990.[3] Prior to its creation, the Office of Jail Management and Penology of then Philippine Constabulary - Integrated National Police was the agency handling the local penology of the Philippines.[3] It aimed to separate the agency from the national police, reporting directly to the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government.

Operations

The Jail Bureau, pursuant to Section 60 to 65, Chapter V, Republic Act No. 6975 amended by Republic Act No. 9263 (Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004), is 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 Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from among the qualified officers with the rank of at least Senior Superintendent in the Jail Bureau. The Chief of the Jail Bureau 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.

The Jail Bureau 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.

In every province, the Jail Bureau operates and maintains a Provincial Jail Administrator's Office headed by a Provincial Administrator, who oversee the implementation of jail services of all district, city and municipal jails within its territorial jurisdiction. In large cities or a group of clustered municipalities, a District Jail headed by a District Warden may be established. The City and Municipal Jails, each headed by a City or Municipal Warden.

Command structure
A Mitsubishi L-300 FB Prisoner Transport Vehicle in Tacloban
1. President of the Republic of the Philippines
2. Secretary of the Interior and Local Government

National Office
3. Office of the Chief of the Jail Bureau
4. Office of the Deputy Chief for Administration
5. Office of the Deputy Chief for Operations
6. Office of the Chief of Directorial Staff

Directorates
  • Directorate for Personnel and Records Management
  • Directorate for Human Resource Development
  • Directorate for Operations
  • Directorate for Welfare and Development
  • Directorate for Logistics
  • Directorate for Comptrollership
  • Directorate for Program Development
  • Directorate for Information and Communications Technology Management
  • Directorate for Intelligence
  • Directorate for Investigation and Prosecution
  • Directorate for Health Services

Support Services
  • Finance Service Office
  • Chaplaincy Service Office
  • Community Relations Service Office
  • Accounting Service Office
  • Legal Service Office
  • Headquarters Support Service Office
  • Supply Accountable Office
  • Office of the National Executive Senior Jail Officer

Ranks
Main article: Police ranks of the Philippines

The following ranks are in force in the BJMP, with their equivalents in the National Police as of 2019:

Officers

Rank / Position On Duties

  • Jail Director (MAJ,GEN)
  • Jail Chief Superintendent (BRI,GEN)
  • Jail Senior Superintendent (COL)
  • Jail Superintendent (LTC)
  • Jail Chief Inspector (MAJ)
  • Jail Senior Inspector (CPT)
  • Jail Inspector (LT)

Rank Of, SJO4 Equivalent To, Army Sergeant/ Position On Duties[4]
  • Senior Jail Officer 4
  • Senior Jail Officer 3
  • Senior Jail Officer 2
  • Senior Jail Officer 1
  • Jail Officer 3
  • Jail Officer 2
  • Jail Officer 1

Integrated National Police

The defunct Integrated National Police's jail service adopted a paramilitary-styled ranking classification in compliance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1184 (the Integrated National Police Professionalization Law of 1977) promulgated by then President Ferdinand Marcos.[5] These ranks were used until 1991.

Rank
Jail Colonel
Jail Lieutenant Colonel
Jail Major
Jail Captain
Jail Lieutenant
Jail Sergeant
Jail Corporal
Civil Guardsman First Class
Civil Guardsman

References
  1. Aika Rey (8 January 2020). "Where will the money go?". Rappler. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Convicts now called 'persons deprived of liberty'". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. https://www.coa.gov.ph/phocadownloadpap/userupload/annual_audit_report/NGAs/2010/National-Government-Sector/Department-of-the-Interior-and-Local-Government/BJMP_ES2010.pdf
  4. "BJMP-DPRM-MC-034: USE OF THE TERM JAIL OFFICER RANKS AND JAIL NON-OFFICER RANKS" (PDF).
  5. "PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1184". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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