‘’JAIL BUREAU MISSION, VISION, OBJECTIVES, MANDATE AND CORE VALUES’’

BJMP MISSION
To enhance public safety by ensuring humane safekeeping and development of Persons Deprived
of Liberty (PDL) in all district, city and municipal jails for their integration to society.
BJMP VISION
A premier institution highly regarded by society for the secure and humane treatment of
Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) by its competent and motivated corps.
BJMP CORE VALUES
Professionalism
Teamwork
Efficiency/Competence
Commitment
Self-Discipline
OBJECTIVES
a. To improve the living conditions of inmates in accordance with the accepted standards set
by the United Nation.
b. To enhance the safekeeping and development of inmates in preparation for their
eventual reintegration onto the mainstream of society upon their release.
c. To professionalize jail services.
MANDATE
The Bureau of Jail management and Penology (BJMP) was created on January 2, 1991
pursuant to Republic Act 6975, replacing its forerunner, the Office of the Jail Management and
Penology of the defunct Philippine Constabulary/Integrated National Police. The BJMP has
jurisdiction over all district, city and municipal jails. It is a line bureau of the Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG). As such, it shall ensure the establishment of a secured,
clean, adequately equipped and sanitary facilities, provisions of quality services for the
custody, safekeeping and development of district, city and municipal inmates, any fugitive
from justice, or person detained, awaiting or undergoing investigation or is mandated to
direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all district, city and municipal
jails nationwide with prolonged tasks of safekeeping and development of persons deprived of
liberty.
 ‘’IMPORTANT PROVISION ON RULES ON PAROLE’’
Pursuant to Act Number 4103 otherwise known as ‘’ The Indeterminate Sentence Law’’
Since one of the perennial problems of the prison institution is the overcrowding of prisoners
and how to decongest the prisoner’s population, the Philippine government finally made a
possible solution to this problem through the Department of Justice to become a leading
institution to make some programs or projects.
GENERAL PROVISION
Purpose of the law and duty of the Board – The purpose of the Act Number 4013 as
amended, otherwise known as the “Indeterminate Sentenced Law” is to uplift and redeem
valuable any material to economic usefulness and to prevent unnecessary and excessive
deprivation of personal liberty. The duty of the Boards of Pardons and Parole is to look into
the physical, mental and moral record of every prisoner who is possible eligible for parole
and to determine the proper time of release of such prisoner on parole.
Definition of terms – as used in these rules unless the context indicates otherwise.
Boards – refers to the Board of Pardon and Parole.
Carpeta – refers to institutional records of an inmate which consist of his mittimus or
commitment order issued by the court after the conviction.
Parole – refers to conditional release of a prisoner from a correctional institution after he
has served the minimum of his prison sentence.
Parole Supervision – refers to the supervision / surveillance by a probation and parole officer
of a parole.
Parolee – refers to a prisoner who is granted a privilege of release by means of parole.
Penal Superintended – refers to the one officer – in – charge in prison institution or
correctional institution for women and for male prisoners.
Probation and Parole Officer – refers to a person or a Probation or Parole officer
undertaking the supervision of the parole.
Regional Director – refers to the head of the parole and Probation Administration in the
region.
Release Documents – refers to the Discharged – On - Parole issued by the board.
Warden – refers to the Officers – in – Charge of the Provincial City, Municipal or District Jail.
 Rules in Considering Parole Cares, Eligibility for Review and Disqualifications
Eligibility for Review of a Parole case – A prisoner’s case shall not eligible for review by the
board unless:
a. The prisoner is confined in prison or jail to serve an indeterminate sentence; the
maximum period of which exceeds one (1) year, pursuant period to a final judgement
of conviction, which has become final an executor;
b. He has served the minimum period of said sentences.