FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House Bill No. _712

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to create the Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute (BCT!)
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 BCTI 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 BCTI 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 fer 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.

RUFUS B. IGUEZ

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MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR.


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES —)
First Regular Session }

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
712
House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

AN ACT
CREATING A BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (BCTI)
WITHIN THE NEW BILIBID 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 2010.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. 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 Objectives. 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 and
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 Technicai_ 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:

1. Secretary of the Department of Justice as Chairperson;

2. Secretary of Department of Labor and Employment as Co-
Chairperson

Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry as Member;

Secretary of the Department of Transportation and

Communications as Member; and

5. Director of the Bureau of Corrections as Ex-Officio Member.

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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 shail 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 concemed 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

4. improved linkages between industry, labor and government shall be
given priority in the formulation of any program and project.

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;

organize and constitute various standing committees,

subsidiary groups, or technical working groups for efficient

integration, coordination and monitoring technical education

and skills development programs;

enter into, make, execute, perform and carry-out contracts

subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;

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 and/or phase-out;

approve trade skills standards and trade tests as established

and conducted by private industries;

establish and administer a system of accreditation of both

public and private institutions;

establish, develop and support institutions’ trainers’ training

and/or programs;

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.

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SECTION 7. The Bureau of Corrections Technical Institute Secretariat.

There is hereby created a BCT! 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.

SECTION 10. _ Programs in Skills Development_and Technical_and
Vocational Training. To strengthen manpower education and training, the BCT!
shall offer hard and soft or modular trade courses.

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 BCTI shall give utmost priority to repair training courses and
projects involving government equipment and facilities, which shall include, but not
limited to

government motor vehicles;

‘computer units;

business license in tin plate;

mail boxes, street signs, garbage cans and other similar
government amenities

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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 BCTI 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 Nationa! Treasury.

SECTION 13. Rules and Regulations. 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 (P100,000,000.00}, shali be allocated for the first year of its
implementation

SECTION 15. Repealing Ciause. Any iaw, 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. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Act is held invalid
or unconstitutic 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