Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. eres

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Prison facilities as one of the pillars of our criminal justice system serve
as venues for rehabilitation and recovery of law offenders in preparation for
their reintegration into the community. To achieve this, the implementation
of sound recovery and rehabilitation programs and policies by professional
jail personnel is indispensable.

This is what this bill seeks to achieve, to integrate all provincial and
sub-provincial jails within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology.

Currently, city and municipal jails are under the supervision and
control of the Jail Bureau while provincial jails are under provincial
government within its jurisdiction.! With the Jail Bureau’s expertise and
qualified personnel, a uniform and standard policy in the administration and
supervision of all local jails in the country is at hand.

‘The transfer of supervision and control of all local jails to BUMP will also
enable the provincial governments to address more of key issues and concerns
in their respective jurisdictions rather than facing provincial jail-related
matters.

It is therefore recommended that the foregoing bill be approved.

* Section 61, RA 6975


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

6183
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE LEONARDO L. BABASA, JR.

AN ACT INTEGRATING ALL THE PROVINCIAL AND SUB-POROVINCIAL
JAILS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL
MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975 AND REPUBLIC
ACT 9263

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in the
Congress assembled:

Section 1. This Act shall be known as “An Act Integrating All the Provincial and
Sub-Provincial Jails within the Jurisdiction of the Bureau Jail Management and
Penology.”

Section 2. Section 61 of Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the
Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 is hereby
amended to read as follows:

Section 61. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. ~ The Jail Bureau
shall exercise supervision and control over all PROVINCIAL, SUB-
PROVINCIAL, city and municipal jails. For this purpose, the current
supervision and control of provincial jails by provincial governments
are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology.

Section 3. Section 62 of the same act is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 62. Organization
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The Jail Bureau shall be composed of PROVINCIAL, SUB-
PROVINCIAL, city and municipal jails, each headed by a
PROVINCIAL, SUB-PROVINCIAL, city or municipal jail warden:
Provided, That, in the case of large cities and municipalities, a
district jail with subordinate jails headed by a district jail warden
may be established as necessary.

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Section 4. Section 63 of the same act is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 63. Establishment of PROVINCIAL, SUB-
PROVINCIAL, District, City or Municipal Jail. There shall be
established and maintained in every PROVINCE, district, city and
municipality a secured, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary
jail for the custody and safekeeping of PROVINCIAL, 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 in a medical
institution.

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Section 5. ial and Sub-provincial Warden. The Provincial and Sub-
provincial Jail Warden shall have the rank of Superintendent. He 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 discipline
from recognized institutions of learning and must satisfactorily pass the
necessary ‘hining or career courses for such position as may be established

by the law.

Section 6. Special Oversight Committee. A Special Oversight Committee is
hereby created, composed of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
and Local Government as Chairman, the Secretary of Budget and
Management as Co-Chairman, and the Chief of the Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology, the Chairman of Commission on Audit and the
President of the League of Provinces as members, which shall plan and
oversee the expeditious implementation of the transfer and absorption into
the Bureau of the property, appropriations and installations of the provincial
and sub-provincial jails, subject to just compensation under appropriate
terms and conditions.

Section 7. Appropriations. The existing appropriation for the operation and
maintenance of provincial jails shall, for the first fraction therefore after the
enactment into law of this Act, continue to be so appropriated for the purpose.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued implementation
of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.

Section 8. Implementing Rules. Within ninety (90) days from the approval of
this Act, the Secretary of the 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 provisions 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. Separability Clause. If any of the provisions of this Act is declared
invalid, the remainder of this Act or any provisions not affected thereby shall
remain in force and effect.

Section 10. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, ordinances, rules and
regulations, administrative or executive orders, and other presidential
issuances inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly.

Section 11. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.

Approved,