A lawmaker has proposed the integration of the government’s corrections, jail, and probation management systems through the creation of Department of Corrections to finally address the longstanding problems.
A lawmaker has proposed the integration of the government’s corrections, jail, and probation management systems through the creation of Department of Corrections to finally address the longstanding problems of congestion, abuse, and corruption in the country’s penal facilities.
These conditions are the result of the overly high congestion rate in these prisons, the lack of personnel and financial resources, and other structural deficits that breed corruption and irregular practices often tolerated by corrections officials to enable them and their detainees to survive in poorly-maintained facilities, Narag said.
Creating a line agency like the Department of Corrections will enable the government to introduce long-due reforms in its fragmented corrections and jail management systems and work on improving the living conditions and rehabilitation programs of persons deprived of liberty , Yamsuan said. He said he would closely coordinate with Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. to get their input on his proposed Department of Corrections.
The congestion rate alone of the NBP, the largest mega-prison in the world, is 377 percent, as its current population of 30,701 is only enough for 6,500 inmates. “Looking at the Filipino culture, I do believe that if we get the BJMP out of the DILG, we get the BuCor out of the DOJ, we get the [Board of Pardons and Parole] out of the DOJ, and we get the provincial jails out of the provincial government, and we put them all together into one agency, that would be a more systematic way to address the problems,” Narag said.
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