SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 1552 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It can be said that our penal institutions are a reflection of how our society 
pays respect to its citizens. It is the mandate of the government to provide a 
humane treatment, atmosphere, and environment to the inmates. However, the 
present condition of our jail facilities is so deplorable that even before their 
conviction, the inmates have already experienced a punishment they do not 
deserve. 
This proposed measure seeks to establish an integrated jail facility in 
Metro Manila and in other highly urbanized centers in the country. 
It also 
proposes that the Supreme CQurt establish courtrooms in the said jail facility to 
serve as venues for judges to hear cases of inmates detained upon legal 
processes for the commission of any offense punishable by reclusion perpettua 
or life imprisonment. 
This bill was prepared and submitted by the Committees on Public Order 
and Illegal Drugs, and Justice and Human Rights during the Thirteenth 
Congress. It was considered in the plenary session but was never enacted into 
law. Trusting in the noble intent of this measure, this representation is re-filing 
the same. 
Considering the foregoing, the,early passage of this proposed measure is 
earnestly solicited. 
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OY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No, 155 2 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
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AMENDING SECTION 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975 OTHERWISE 
KNOWN AS THE "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990" BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT 
OF AN INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY IN METROPOLITAN MANILA AND IN 
OTHER HIGHLY URBANIZED CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 63'of Republic Act No. 6975 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 63. Establishment of District, City or Municipal 
Jail.-
There shall be established and maintained in every 
district, city and municipality a secured, clean, adequately 
equipped and sanitary jail for the custody and safekeeping of 
INMATES, WHICH REFER TO THE city and municipal 
prisoners, any fugitive from justice, or person detained 
awaiting investigation or trial and/or transfer to the national 
penitentiary, 
and/or violent 
mentally 
ill 
person 
who 
endangers himself or the safety of others, duly certified as 
such by the proper medical or health officer, pending the 
transfer to a mental institution: PROVIDED, THAT AN 
INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN 
METROPOLITAN MANILA, WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF 
ALL DISTRICT, CITY AND MUNICIPAL JAILS TO BE CO-
LOCATED IN ONE PLACE OR AREA: 
PROVIDED, 
FURTHER, THAT AN INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY MAY 
BE ESTABLISHED IN OTHER HIGHLY URBANIZED 
CENTERS OF THE COUNTRY, AS RECOMMENDED BY 
THE 
JAIL 
BUREAU 
AND 
APPROVED 
BY 
THE 
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
AND 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT: 
PROVIDED, 
FURTHERMORE, 
THAT 
SAID 
INTEGRATED 
JAIL 
FACILITY . MAY 
INCLUDE 
JAILS 
OF 
CITIES 
AND 
MUNICIPALITIES ADJACENT TO IT. 
"INMATES IN THE EXISTING JAILS AFFECTED BY 
THE INTEGRATION SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 


INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY, WHEREBY A SEPARATE 
AND DISTINCT JAIL FOR EACH CITY AND MUNICIPALITY 
WITH ITS RESPECTIVE JAIL WARDEN AND PERSONNEL 
COMPLEMENT SHALL BE MAINTAINED THEREIN. 
"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTEGRATED JAIL 
FACILITY SHALL BE JOINTLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE 
CONCERNED 
LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT 
UNITS 
IN 
ACCORDANCE 
WITH 
REPUBLIC 
ACT 
NO. 
7160 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
CODE OF 1991" AND ITS IMPLEMENTING RULES AND 
REGULATIONS: PROVIDED, THAT THE REQUIREMENT 
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTEGRATED JAIL 
FACILITY MAY BE SOURCED FROM THE FOLLOWING: 
A. 
COST-SHARE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS 
CONCERNED; 
B. 
ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE RENTAL OF 
THEJAIL 
BUREAU'S 
OFFICES 
TO 
BE 
TRANSFERRED 
TO 
THE 
INTEGRATED 
JAIL 
FACILITY; 
C. 
PRIVATE 
SECTOR 
FUNDING 
PARTICIPATION 
SCHEMES; AND 
D. 
DONATIONS, 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
OR 
GRANTS 
FROM 
DOMESTIC 
OR 
FOREIGN 
SOURCES 
INTENDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. 
'THE 
SUPREME 
COURT 
SHALL 
ESTABLISH 
COURTROOMS IN THE INTEGRATED JAIL FACILITY TO 
SERVE AS VENUES FOR JUDGES TO HEAR CASES OF 
INMATES DETAINED UPON LEGAL PROCESSES FOR 
THE COMMISSION OF ANY OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY 
RECLUSION PERPETUA 
OR 
LIFE 
IMPRISONMENT, 
EXCEPT WHEN THE SUPREME COURT AUTHORIZES 
THE JUDGE, UPON PROPER APPLICATION, TO EFFECT 
THE TRANSFER OF THE SAID INMATE TO ANOTHER 
VENUE. 
"[The municipal or city jail service shall preferably be 
headed by a graduate of a four (4)-year course in 
psychology, psychiatry, sociology, nursing, social work or 
criminology who shall assist in the immediate rehabilitation 
of individuals or detention of prisoners.] Great care must be 
exercised so that the human rights of [these prisoners] THE 
INMATES are respected and protected, and their spiritual 
and physical well-being are properly and promptly attended 
to." 
SEC. 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations.-Within sixty (60) days 
from the approval of this Act, the Department of the Interior and Local 
Government, in coordination with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology 
and the concerned local government units, shall formulate and promulgate the 


implementing rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. 
SEC 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, and rules and 
regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, 
amended or modified accordingly. 
SEC 4. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other 
provisions not affected thereby. 
SEC 5. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation .. 
Approved, 
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