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The Bureau of Corrections (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pagwawasto, literally "Bureau of Corrections", of which it was known as the Bureau of Prisons from 1905 to 1989; abbreviated BuCor) is an agency of the Department of Justice which is charged with the custody and rehabilitation of national offenders, commonly known as Persons Deprived of Liberty ...
Notes. ^ For the sake of this article this includes all types of detention centers by law enforcement agencies, including correctional facilities, jails, and prisons.
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping and development of its inmates, officially classed as ...
The New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila is the main insular prison designed to house the prison population of the Philippines. It is maintained by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) under the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines is one of seven operating units of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice.
The Manila City Jail, popularly known as Old Bilibid Prison, is a detention center in Manila, Philippines. The jail is one of the most overcrowded in the world.
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is a jail facility in Cebu, in Cebu Province, Philippines. It is a maximum-security prison with a capacity for 1,600 inmates. The prison became well known for its rehabilitation program in 2005-2010, based on a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates.
South Cotabato Rehabilitation and Detention Center. Categories: Prisons by country. Prisons in Asia by country. Government buildings in the Philippines. Local government buildings in the Philippines. Penal system in the Philippines. Residential buildings in the Philippines.
to administer the parole and probation system to exercise supervision over parolees, pardonees and probationers to promote the correction and rehabilitation of criminal offenders.
According to Amnesty International, over 50,000 children in the Philippines have been arrested and detained since 1995. Torture, rape and other forms of cruel and inhumane treatment are a part of everyday life for those children while they are incarcerated.
