14'h Congress 
1 
Republic of the Philippines 
) 
Is' Regular Session 
) 
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BY ' 
SENATE 
SB Al49 
Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to create the Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute 
(BCTI) within the premises of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa and 
Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City. 
The proposed BCTI shall provide relevant and high-quality programs in 
skills development and technical and vocational training to all prisoners serving 
their sentences in the NBP and CIW. 
Under this measure, the BCTl shall offer hard trade courses, which 
include metal craft, automotive welding, building wiring and electrical, 
refrigeration and air-conditioning, and computer technician services, which shall 
run from six (6) to twenty-four (24) months. 
Soft trade courses include audio-video technician, cosmetology, consumer 
electronics, dressmaking, food trades, industrial sewing, machine operation, and 
novelty accessories, paper craft and stuffed toy making, and shall be taught for 
only three (3) months. 
Modular trade courses, on the other hand, include reflexology, candle 
making, beads assembly, fossilized flower making, fresh flower arrangement, 
and soap making, and involve only three (3) to four (4) weeks of training. 
This proposed law likewise mandates BCTl to give utmost priority to repair 
training courses and projects involving government equipment and facilities, 
including vehicular plates for all registered vehicles which shall be manufactured 
by prisoners serving their prison sentence in the New Bilibid Prison. 
This bill provides that from the total sales of the vehicular plates and other 
government amenities manufactured by the inmates as well as repair of 
government equipment and vehicles, twenty percent (20%) of which shall be 
allotted for the rehabilitation of the New Bilibid Prisons and Correctional 
Institution for Women, while the eighty percent (80%) shall be remitted to the 
National Treasury. 
There is an imperative need to focus on rehabilitation of prisoners, and at 
the same time, cultivate their technical education and skills development. 
Hence, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly requested 
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A UlLlNO Q. PIMENTEL, JR. 


14th Congress 
) 
lst 
Regular Session 
1 
Republic of the Philippines 
) 
Introduced by Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel 
AN ACT CREATING 
A BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS TECHNICAL I@lTUTE WITHIN THE NATIONAL 
BlLlBlD PRISONS (NBP) RESERVATION AND THE CORRECTIONAL 
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN (CIW), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress Assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. This act shall be known as the "Bureau of Corrections 
Technical Institute Act of 2007." 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policv. It shall be the policy of the State to 
promote and support technological capabilities and its application to the country's 
productive system, to attain national development and progress. 
The State shall encourage the active participation of various concerned 
sectors of the society in trained and skilled work force, in order to strengthen 
technical knowledge and opportunities as well as skills development. 
SECTION 3. Statement of Goals and Obiectives. It is the goal and objective 
of this Act to: 
1. Promote and strengthen the quality of technical education and skills 
development programs now prevailing at the Bureau of Corrections, 
particularly at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa ard 
Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City; 
2. Focus on rehabilitation model of corrections, particularly technical 
education and skills development to restore national prisoners as 
fully functioning members of society; 
3. Recognize and encourage the complementary roles of various 
concerned sectors in technical education and skills development 
and training systems to be implemented at the Bureau of 
Corrections and Correctional Institute for Women; and 
4. Inculcate desirable values through the development of positive 
social behavior with emphasis on work ethics, self-discipline, self- 
reliance and self-sufficiency. 
SECTION 4. 
Creation of Technical Institute. To implement the policy 
declared in this Act, there is hereby created a Bureau of Corrections Technical 
Institute (BCTI) within the premises of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation in 
Muntinlupa City and Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City. 
The BCTI shall provide relevant and high-quality programs in skills 
development and technical and vocational training to all prisoners serving their 
sentences in the NBP and CIW. It shall also develop projects where these technical 
skills would be put into service. 


SECTION 5. Composition of the Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute 
Board. There shall be a Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute Board, herein 
referred to as the “Board.” The said Board shall be composed of the following: 
I. 
Secretary of the Department of Justice as Chairperson; 
2. Secretary of Department of Labor and Employment as Member; 
3. Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry as Member; 
4. Secretary 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation 
and 
Communications as Member; and 
5. Director of the Bureau of Corrections as Member. 
The Board shall meet at least twice a year, or as frequently as may be 
deemed necessary by its Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson, the Co- 
Chairperson shall preside. 
In case any member of the Board cannot attend the 
meeting, he or she shall be regularly represented by an undersecretary or deputy- 
director general, as the case may be, to be designated by such member for the 
purpose. 
SECTION 6. Powers and Functions of the Board. The Board shall primarily 
be responsible for formulating, continuing, coordinating 
and fully integrating 
technical education and skills development policies, plans, programs and projects 
taking into consideration the following: 
1, the State policy declared herein of giving new direction and thrusts 
to efforts in developing new paths of social behavior to restore 
national prisoners as fully-functioning members of society through 
technical education and skills development; 
2. 
the implementation of the above-mentioned policy requires the 
coordination and cooperation of policies, plans, and programs of 
different concerned sectors of the society; 
3. 
equal participation of 
representatives of 
industry groups, 
employers, workers and government shall be made the rule in 
order to ensure that urgent needs and recommendations are 
readily addressed; and 
improved linkages between industry, labor and government shall be 
given priority in the formulation of any program and project. 
4. 
The Board, shall have the following powers: 
a) promulgate, after due consultation with industry groups, 
employers, workers, 
policies, 
plans, 
programs 
and 
guidelines as may be necessary for the effective 
implementation of this Act; 
b) organize and constitute various standing committees, 
subsidiary groups, or technical working groups for efficient 
integration, coordination and monitoring technical education 
and skills development programs; 
c) enter into, make, execute, perform and carry-out contracts 
subject to existing laws, rules and regulations; 
d) restructure the present technical institution and programs 
enforced and implemented by the Bureau of Corrections in 
the promotion and development of national prisoners 
through upgrading, merger andlor phase-out; 
e) approve trade skills standards and trade tests as established 
and conducted by private industries; 
f) establish and administer a system of accreditation of both 
public and private institutions; 
g) establish, develop and support institutions’ trainers’ training 
and/or programs; 


h) allocate 
resources, 
based 
on 
the 
Secretariat's 
recommendations, for the programs and projects it shall 
undertake; and 
i) perform such other duties and functions necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this Act. 
SECTION 7. 
The Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute Secretariat. 
There is hereby created a BCTl Secretariat which shall have the following functions 
and responsibilities: 
1. to establish and maintain a planning process and formulate a 
technical education and skills development plan in which the 
member-departments and other concerned entities of the Board at 
various levels participate; 
2. to recommend measures, and implement the same upon approval 
by the Board, for the effective and efficient implementation of the 
technical education and skills development plan; 
3. to submit to the Board periodic reports on the progress and 
accomplishment of work programs of implementation of plans and 
policies for technical education and skills development; 
4. to prepare for approval by the Board an annual report to the 
President on technical education and skills development; 
5. to prepare and implement upon approval by the Board a program 
for the consultants, trainers, supervisors, and planners as provided 
for in Section 8 of this Act; 
6. to enter into agreement to implement approved plans, programs 
and projects and perform activities as shall implement the declared 
policy of this Act; and 
7. to perform such other functions and duties as may be assigned by 
the Board. 
SECTION 8. Director-General. The Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute 
Secretariat shall be headed by a Director-General, who shall likewise be a member 
of the Board. As Chief Executive Officer of the Secretariat, the Director-General shall 
exercise general supervision and control over the technical and administrative 
personnel. 
SECTION 9. Consultant and Technical Assistance. In pursuing its objectives, 
the Board is hereby authorized to set aside a portion of its appropriation for the 
hiring of services of qualified consultants, trainers, supervisors, and planners in the 
field of technical education and skills development. It shall avail itself of the services 
of other agencies of the Government as may be required. 
Vocational Traininq. 
shall offer hard and soft or modular trade courses. 
SECTION I O .  
Proqrams in Skills Development and Technical and 
To strengthen manpower education and training, the BCTl 
The so-called hard trade courses, which include metal craft, automotive 
welding, building wiring and electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioning, and 
computer technician services, shall run from six (6) to twenty-four (24) months. 
Soft trade courses include audio-video technician, cosmetology, consumer 
electronics, dressmaking, food trades, industrial sewing, machine operation, and 
novelty accessories, paper craft and stuffed toy making, and shall be taught for only 
three (3) months. 
And modular trade courses include reflexology, candle making, beads 
assembly, fossilized flower making, fresh flower arrangement, and soap making, and 
involve only three (3) to four (4) weeks of training. 


However, the BCTl shall give utmost priority to repair training courses and 
projects involving government equipment and facilities, which shall include, but not 
limited to: 
1. government motor vehicles; 
2. computer units; 
3. business license in tin plate; 
4. mail boxes, street signs, garbage cans and other similar 
government amenities 
Likewise, vehicular plates for all registered vehicles shall be manufactured by 
prisoners serving their prison sentence in the New Bilibid Prison. To accomplish this 
purpose, the molding vehicular plate machines shall be acquired and kept in the 
New Bilibid Prison to be used by inmates in manufacturing the vehicular plates. 
The BCTl shall be under the supervision of the Department of Justice. 
SECTION 11. Compensation of Prisoners. Prisoner under this Act may 
receive commission for every government equipment assembled or repaired in 
accordance with the quality standards set forth by the government. 
SECTION 12. Rehabilitation of the New Bilibid Prisons. From the total sales 
of the vehicular plates and other government amenities manufactured by the 
inmates as well as repair of government equipment and vehicles, twenty percent 
(20%) of which shall be allotted for the rehabilitation of the New Bilibid Prisons and 
Correctional Institution for Women, while the eighty percent (80%) shall be remitted 
to the National Treasury. 
SECTION 13. Rules and Requlations. The Department of Justice, 
Department of 
Trade 
and 
Industry, Department of 
Transportation and 
Communications, 
Department of Labor and Employment, 
and Bureau of 
Corrections shall within thirty (30) days from effectivity of this Act, issue such rules 
and regulations necessary for the proper implementation of the provisions of this law. 
SECTION 14. 
Appropriations. 
The amount necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year 
following its enactment into law and thereafter. An initial amount of One Hundred 
Million Pesos (~100,000,000.00), shall be allocated for the first year of its 
implementation. 
SECTION 15. 
Repealinq Clause. Any law, presidential decree, issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule and regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed. 
SECTION 16. Separabilitv Clause. If any provision of this Act is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the other provision not affected hereby shall remain valid and 
subsisting. 
SECTION 17. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
following its complete publication in any national newspaper of general circulation or 
in the Official Gazette. 
Approved,