Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
2nd District, Zamboanga del Sur 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to transfer the supervision and control of provincial and 
sub-provincial jails to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). 
Management and administration of local jails have a significant role in the 
Philippine Criminal Justice System which aims the reintegration of offenders 
into community and rehabilitation of Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL).  
Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the Department of Interior 
and Local Government of 1990, placed the supervision and control of local jails 
to two different authorities: the BJMP for city, municipal and district jails while 
provincial government for provincial and sub-provincial jails.  This setup creates 
varying jail management strategies.  
Through this measure, the transfer of supervision and control of 
provincial and sub-provincial jails to the BJMP will establish a uniform and 
standardized policy on the management of all local jails which would lead to an 
effective reformation and rehabilitation of PDL. This would also relieve the 
provincial government in its function of supervising and maintaining a local jail, 
hence allowing them to focus in its priorities and more pressing responsibilities. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
October 27, 2022
2:42 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ______ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE JEYZEL VICTORIA C. YU 
2nd District, Zamboanga del Sur 
AN ACT 
MANDATING THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY TO 
EXERCISE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OVER PROVINCIAL JAILS AND 
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
the Congress assembled: 
Section 1. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology shall exercise 
supervision and control over provincial jails. The supervision and control of 
provincial jails by provincial government are hereby transferred to the Bureau 
of Jail Management Penology. For purposes of this Act, it is understood that 
provincial jails include all existing sub-provincial jails. 
Each provincial jail shall be headed by a provincial jail warden with a rank 
of superintendent, who must be a graduate of bachelor of laws or a holder of a 
master's degree in management, public administration, public safety, 
criminology, penology, sociology, national security administration, defense 
studies or other related disciplines from a recognized institution of learning, and 
must have satisfactorily passed the necessary training or career for such 
position as may be established by the Bureau of Jail Management and 
Penology. The chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology shall 
appoint the provincial jail warden. 
Section 2. Within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act, the 
Secretary of Interior and Local Government and the Secretary of Budget and 
Management shall revise the organizational structure and staffing pattern of the 
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology to include the necessary manpower 
to operate provincial jails. 
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Section 3. All the existing provincial jail facilities, equipment, records, 
rights, liabilities, and other assets of every provincial government are hereby 
transferred to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. For this purpose, 
there is hereby established a three-year transition period to commence from the 
date of the effectivity of this Act. 
During the transition period, the provincial government shall subsidize the 
subsistence allowance of inmates and the maintenance of the jail facility, 
including payments of utilities and necessary repairs. 
Section 4. The transfer of functions, facilities, equipment, records, rights, 
liabilities, and other assets from the provincial government to the Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology shall be without prejudice to the provisions of 
Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the “Local Government Code of 
1991,” that are not otherwise inconsistent with this Act. Such transfer, and the 
creation and filling-up of positions to man the provincial jails shall be completed 
within the three-year transition period. 
Section 5. The incumbent personnel of provincial jails shall continue to 
perform their duties and responsibilities in a holdover capacity until such time 
that qualified personnel based on the staffing pattern, are assigned and 
appointed. The qualified incumbent personnel of provincial jails may be 
absorbed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology without loss of 
seniority. 
Any personnel who are not absorbed by the Bureau of Jail Management 
and Penology shall be given preference in the filling-up of vacancies in the 
provincial government or shall be allowed to retire under existing laws, rules 
and regulations. 
Section 6. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this 
Act shall be sourced from the current appropriations of the Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for 
the continued implementation of this Act must be included in the General 
Appropriations Act. 
Section 7. There is hereby created a special oversight committee to 
monitor and expedite the implementation of this Act. The committee shall be 
composed of the Secretary of Interior and Local Government as chairperson, 
the Secretary of Budget and Management as co-chairperson, and the 
chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, the president of the League of 


Province and the chief of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, as 
members. 
Section 8. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the 
Secretary of Interior and Local Government, in coordination with the chief of the 
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the president of the League of 
Provinces, shall promulgate the rules and regulations implementing the 
provision of this Act. The implementing rules and regulations issued pursuant 
to this section shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in two (2) 
newspapers of general circulation. 
Section 9. Sections 61,62, and 63 of Republic Act No.6975, as amended, 
otherwise known as the “Department of the Interior and Local Government Act 
of 1990;” Paragraph (3), Subsection (b), Section 7 of the Republic Act No. 9263, 
otherwise known as the “Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail 
Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004;” and pertinent 
provisions of Republic Act No. 7160 on the control and supervision of provincial 
jail; and all other laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby amended or modified 
accordingly. 
Section 10. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved,