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Lesson title: Salient Provisions of Republic Act 10575 References:

Lesson Objectives: 1. Guerrero, Brian & Molato, Ronith –
At the end of the session, the student’s will be able to: Institutional Correction
a. identify the rank and key classification of 2. Foronda, Mercedes – Correctional
personnel in the Bureau; Administration 1 (Institutional Correction)
b. determine the purpose of the new law; and 3. Schmalleger, Frank & Smykla, John Ortiz-
c. illustrate the organizational structure of the Corrections in the 21st Century.
Bureau. 4. BuCor Manual

Avoid Your Bed At All Costs - So, as a general rule, when you’re trying to study, avoid your
bed as much as you can. Try to study in a chair or at a desk, where you have to sit up and pay
attention. If you let yourself lie down or try to study in bed, you are guaranteed to feel sleepier
and not be as productive. If you don’t really have any other space to study, try to sit on your
bed a different way, away from your pillows, so you’re less tempted to fall asleep.

A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
It is the policy of the State to promote the general welfare and safeguard the basic rights of every
prisoner incarcerated in our national penitentiary by promoting and ensuring their reformation and social
reintegration, creating an environment conducive to rehabilitation and compliant with the United Nations
Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners (UNSMRTP). It also recognizes the responsibility of the
State to strengthen government capability aimed towards the institutionalization of highly efficient and
competent correctional services. Our topic for today will focus on the important features of the law which is
Republic Act 10575 which shall be known as “The Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013

B. MAIN LESSON

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms.

· Safekeeping, which is the custodial component of the BuCor’s present corrections system, shall refer
to the act that ensures the public (including families of inmates and their victims) that national inmates
are provided with their basic needs, completely incapacitated from further committing criminal acts, and
have been totally cut off from their criminal networks (or contacts in the free society) while serving
sentence inside the premises of the national penitentiary. This act also includes protection against
illegal organized armed groups which have the capacity of launching an attack on any prison camp of
the national penitentiary to rescue their convicted comrade or to forcibly amass firearms issued to
prison guards.

· Reformation, which is the rehabilitation component of the BuCor’s present corrections system, shall
refer to the acts which ensure the public (including families of inmates and their victims) that released

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national inmates are no longer harmful to the community by becoming reformed individuals prepared to
live a normal and productive life upon reintegration to the mainstream society.

SEC. 4. The Mandates of the Bureau of Corrections. – The BuCor shall be in charge of safekeeping and
instituting reformation programs to national inmates sentenced to more than three (3) years.

· Safekeeping of National Inmates – The safekeeping of inmates shall include decent provision of
quarters, food, water and clothing in compliance with established United Nations standards. The
security of the inmates shall be undertaken by the Custodial Force consisting of Corrections Officers
with a ranking system and salary grades similar to its counterpart in the BJMP.
· Reformation of National Inmates – The reformation programs, which will be instituted by the BuCor
for the inmates, shall be the following:
· Moral and Spiritual Program;
· Education and Training Program;
· Work and Livelihood Program;
· Sports and Recreation Program;
· Health and Welfare Program; and
· Behavior Modification Program, to include Therapeutic Community.

The reformation programs shall be undertaken by Professional Reformation Personnel consisting of

Corrections Technical Officers with ranking system and salary grades similar to Corrections Officers.

Corrections Technical Officers

These are personnel employed in the implementation of reformation programs and those personnel whose
nature of work requires proximate or direct contact with inmates.
Corrections Technical Officers include priests, evangelists, pastors, teachers, instructors, professors,
vocational placement officers, librarians, guidance counselors, physicians, nurses, medical technologists,
pharmacists, dentists, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, social workers, engineers,
electricians, agriculturists, veterinarians, lawyers and similar professional skills relevant to the implementation
of inmate reformation programs.

SEC. 5. Operations of the Bureau of Corrections.

· The BuCor shall operate with a directorial structure. It shall undertake reception of inmates through its
Directorate for Reception and Diagnostics (DRD), formerly Reception and Diagnostic Center (RDC),
provide basic needs and security through its Security and Operations Directorates, administer

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reformation programs through its Reformation Directorates, and prepare inmates for reintegration to
mainstream society through its Directorate for External Relations (DER), formerly External Relations
Division (ERD).

· The DRD shall be responsible for the conduct of classification of each and every inmate admitted to the
BuCor. Inmates shall be classified according to security risk and sentence. Included in the classification
is determining an inmate's certain skills or talents, physical, spiritual, social, mental and psychological
evaluation and other behavioral assessments, as reference of the DRD in the preparation of individual
inmate reformation programs.

· Aside from those borne of the provisions under Rule 8, Part I, Rules of General Application of the
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and that of the existing
regulation of the BuCor on security classification (i.e. maximum, medium and minimum security risk),
inmates shall also be internally classified by the DRD and segregated according to crimes committed
based on the related penal codes such as Crimes Against Persons, Crimes Against Properties, Crimes
Against Chastity, so on and so forth, as well as by other related Special Laws, Custom and Immigration
Laws.

· From the DRD, the Custodial Force and Reformation Personnel of respective security
institutions/camps shall be in charge for the security and the implementation of the recommended
inmate reformation program of each and every inmate while serving sentence, respectively.

· (e) The Directorate for External Relations (DER) shall be responsible for pre-release and post-release
programs of inmates due for release. The DER shall also classify inmates according to skills acquired
for referral and endorsement to appropriate companies or corporations participating in the BuCor On-
The-Job Training Programs for newly reformed inmates. The DER shall also evaluate, classify and
apply necessary programs to inmates for readiness to join the mainstream society upon release.

· (f) Apart from handling inmates, the BuCor shall administratively operate like a standard government
agency through its Administrative Directorates with internal control and internal audit units.

· The BuCor shall employ full computerization in the build-up, maintenance and transmittal of necessary
inmate records to all its Prison and Penal Farms and other recipient agencies (i.e. Board of Pardons
and Parole).

SEC. 7. Facilities of the Bureau of Corrections. – The BuCor shall operate with standard and uniform design
of prison facilities, reformation facilities and administrative facilities, through all the operating prison and penal
farms, such as the following:
· Dormitory;
· Administration building;
· Perimeter/Security fences;

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· Hospital/Infirmary;
· Recreation/Multipurpose hall;
· Training/Lecture center;
· Workshop facility;
· Mess hall/kitchen;
· Visiting area;
· Water tank and pump;
· Reception and diagnostic center; and
· Service personnel facilities.
SEC. 8. Supervision of the Bureau of Corrections. – The Department of Justice (DOJ), having the BuCor as
a line bureau and a constituent unit, shall maintain a relationship of administrative supervision with the latter as
defined under Section 38(2), Chapter 7, Book IV of Executive Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987),
except that the DOJ shall retain authority over the power to review, reverse, revise or modify the decisions of
the BuCor in the exercise of its regulatory or quasi-judicial functions.

SEC. 9. Organization and Key Positions of the Bureau of Corrections.

· The BuCor shall be headed by a Director who shall be assisted by three (3) Deputy Directors: one (1)
for administration, one (1) for security and operations and one (1) for reformation, all of whom shall be
appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the DOJ: Provided, That the
Director and the Deputy Directors of the BuCor shall serve a tour of duty not to exceed six (6) years
from the date of appointment: Provided, further, That in times of war or other national emergency
declared by Congress, the President may extend such tour of duty.

· The Head of the BuCor, with the rank of Undersecretary, shall have the position and title of Director
General of Corrections. The second officers in command of the BuCor, with the rank of Assistant
Secretary, shall have the position and title of Deputy Directors of Corrections. The third officer in
command of the BuCor, with the rank of Chief Superintendent, shall have the position and title of
Corrections Chief Superintendent. The fourth officer in command of the BuCor, with the rank of Senior
Superintendent, shall have the position and title of Corrections Senior Superintendent. The fifth officer
in command of the BuCor, with the rank of Superintendent, shall have the position and title of
Corrections Superintendent.

SEC. 10. Increase of Personnel. – The BuCor shall maintain the custodial personnel-to-inmate ratio of 1:7
and reformation personnel-to-inmate ratio of 1:24. Hence, it is authorized to increase its manpower to meet
such a ratio and may continue to increase personnel per percentage rate increase of committed inmates
annually or as the need arises.

SEC. 11. Professionalization and Upgrading of Qualification Standards in the Appointment of the
BuCor Personnel.

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· No person shall be appointed as personnel of the BuCor unless one possesses the following minimum
qualifications:
· A citizen of the Republic of the Philippines;
· A person of good moral character;
· Must have passed the psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical test for the purpose of
determining his/her physical and mental health;
· Must possess a baccalaureate degree from a recognized learning institution;
· Must possess the appropriate civil service eligibility;
· Must not have been dishonorably discharged or dismissed for cause from previous employment;
· Must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
and
· Must be at least one meter and sixty-two centimeters (1.62 m.) in height for male, and one
meter and fifty-seven centimeters (1.57 m.) for female: Provided, That a waiver for height and
age requirement/s may be granted to applicants belonging to the cultural communities:
Provided, further, That a new applicant must not be less than twenty-one (21) or more than forty
(40) years of age. Except for this particular provision, the above-enumerated qualifications shall
be continuing in character and an absence of any one of them at any given time shall be ground
for separation or retirement from the service: Provided, furthermore, That those who are already
in the service upon the effectivity of this Act shall be given five (5) years from the date of such
effectivity to obtain the minimum educational qualification and eligibility with subsidiary
assistance as provided for in this Act.

· After the lapse of the period for the satisfaction of a specific requirement, incumbent personnel of the
BuCor who fail to satisfy any of the requirements enumerated under this section shall be separated
from the service if they are below fifty (50) years of age and have served in the government for less
than twenty (20) years, or retired if they are fifty (50) years and above and have served in the
government for at least twenty (20) years without prejudice in either case to the payment of benefits
they may be entitled to under existing laws.
· For sustained professionalism in the service, the BuCor is directed to conduct study for the feasible
establishment of the Philippine Corrections Academy, patterned after the Philippine National Police
Academy (PNPA) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) of
the Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) for its commissioned officers.
· The BuCor shall continue training its personnel through its Personnel Training School, which shall be
renamed as Corrections Training School/Institute patterned after the BJMP’s Jail National Training
Institute (JNTI), the Bureau of Fire’s Fire National Training Institute (FNTI) and the PNP’s National
Training Institute (PNTI).

SEC. 12. Appointment of Personnel to the BuCor. – The appointment of the BuCor shall be effected in the

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following manner:
· Corrections Officer I to Corrections Chief Superintendent – Appointed by the Director General of
Corrections, and attested by the Civil Service Commission (CSC); and
· Director General of Corrections and Deputy Director of Corrections – Appointed by the President
upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the DOJ, with the proper endorsement by the Chairman
of the CSC.

SEC. 13. Lateral Entry of Officer into the BuCor. – In general, all original appointments of officers in the
BuCor shall commence with the rank of Corrections Inspector wherein applicants for lateral entry into the
BuCor shall include all those with highly specialized and technical qualifications such as, but not limited to, civil
engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, chemical engineers, chemists, architects,
criminologists, certified public accountants, nurses, physical therapists, dentists, social workers, psychologists,
sociologists, guidance counselors and teachers. Doctors of Medicine, members of the Philippine Bar and
chaplains shall be appointed to the rank of Corrections Senior Inspector in their particular technical service.

SEC. 14. Professionalization and Upgrading of Qualification Standards in the Designation of Personnel
of the BuCor to Key Positions. –
· No person shall be designated to the following key positions of the BuCor unless one has met the
qualifications provided therein:

· Sub-Colony Supervisor – Should have the rank of Senior Inspector, who must have finished at least-
second year Bachelor of Laws or earned at least twelve (12) units in a master’s degree program 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 courses for such position as may be
established by the BuCor;

· Colony Assistant Superintendent – Should have the rank of Chief Inspector, who must have finished
at least second year Bachelor of Laws or earned at least twenty-four (24) units in a master’s degree
program 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 courses for such position
as may be established by the BuCor;

· Colony Superintendent – Should have the 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 courses for such position as may be established by the BuCor: Provided, That in
prison and penal farms with an inmate population of two thousand (2,000) but below three thousand
(3,000), the Colony Superintendent shall have the rank and qualification of a Colony Senior
Superintendent; and

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· Regional Superintendent – Should have the rank of Senior Superintendent or Chief 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 courses for such position as may be established by the BuCor:
Provided, That in prison and penal farms with an inmate population of three thousand (3,000) but below
five thousand (5,000), the Regional Superintendent shall have the rank and qualification of a Colony
Senior Superintendent: Provided, further, That in prison and penal farms with an inmate population of
over five thousand (5,000), the Regional Superintendent shall have the rank and qualification of a Chief
Superintendent.

SEC. 16. Attrition System for the Personnel of the BuCor. – There shall be established a system of
attrition for the personnel of the BuCor within five (5) years from the effectivity of this Act, to be
submitted by the said bureau to the DOJ for approval. Such attrition system shall include, but is not
limited to, the provision of the following principles:

· Attrition by Demotion in Position or Rank – Any personnel of the BuCor who is relieved and
assigned to a position lower than what is established for the grade in the respective staffing pattern,
and who shall not be assigned to a position commensurate to one’s grade within two (2) years after
such demotion in position shall be separated or retired from the service;

· Attrition by Non-Promotion – Any personnel of the BuCor who has not been promoted for a
continuous period often (10) years shall be separated or retired from the service, except for those who
are occupying a third level position;

· Attrition by Other Means – Any personnel of the BuCor with at least five (5) years of accumulated
active service shall be separated from the service based on any of the following factors:
· Inefficiency based on poor performance during the last two (2) successive semestral rating
periods;
· Inefficiency based on poor performance for three (3) cumulative semestral rating periods;
· Physical and/or mental incapacity to perform one’s duties and functions; or
· Failure to complete the required career courses and/or appropriate civil service eligibility for
his/her position except for justifiable cause or reason; and

· Separation or Retirement from the BuCor under this Section – Any personnel who is dismissed
from the BuCor pursuant to the above-enumerated principles in this section shall be separated if one
has rendered less than twenty (20) years of service, and be retired if one has rendered at least twenty
(20) years of service unless the concerned personnel is disqualified by law to receive such benefits.

SEC. 17. Promotion System for the Personnel of the BuCor. – Within six (6) months after the effectivity of
this Act, the BuCor shall establish a system of promotion for the personnel of the BuCor through the following
principles:
· Rationalized Promotion System – The system of promotion shall be based on merit and on the
availability of vacant ranks in the BuCor staffing pattern. Such system shall be gender-fair so as to

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ensure that women personnel of the BuCor shall enjoy equal opportunity for promotion as to men;
· Requirements for Promotion –
· Any personnel of the BuCor shall not be eligible for promotion to a higher rank unless one has met
the minimum qualification standards or the appropriate civil service eligibility set by the CSC, and has
satisfactorily passed the required psychiatric/psychological, drug and physical test; and
· Any personnel of the BuCor who has exhibited acts of conspicuous courage and gallantry at the risk
of one’s life above and beyond the call of duty, or selected as such in a nationwide search conducted
by any accredited civic organization, shall be promoted to the next higher rank: Provided, That these
shall be validated by the DOJ and the CSC based on established criteria.

SEC. 18. Performance Evaluation System. – (a) There shall be established a performance evaluation
system which shall be administered in accordance with the rules, regulations and standards, and a code of
conduct for the personnel of the BuCor to be promulgated by the BuCor through the DOJ. Such a performance
evaluation system shall be administered in such a way as to foster the improvement of the individual efficiency
and behavioural discipline, as well as the promotion of organizational effectiveness and commitment to public
service. (b) The rating system as contemplated herein shall be based on standards prescribed by the BuCor
through the DOJ and shall be considered the result of the annual psychiatric/psychological and physical test
conducted on the personnel of the BuCor.

2) Activity 3: Skill-building Activities.

Self-assessment activities. Answer the following questions as honestly as possible. Check your
answers if provided by Key to Corrections. Also write your scores on the space provided.

3.1. For your first activity, I want you to search the internet and enumerate the Score: /25
corresponding uniformed personnel of the BuCor. Write your answer on the table below.

CUSTODIAL RANK REFORMATION RANK

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3.2. For your next activity, search again the internet and illustrate below the
organizational structure of the Bureau of Correction. You can look for this site for
Score: /50
your reference [Link] .Put
your organizational chart on the last page of this activity.

4) Activity 5: Check for Understanding.

IDENTIFICATION. Identify the terms asked on the following questions. Write the
capital letter of the word/words on the space provided before the number. Score: /10

__________________________________ 1. Governmental body that is empowered to set eligibility

standards for BuCor personnel.

_______________________________ 2. What is the appropriate rank of a Colony

Superintendent?

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__________________________________ 3. Those personnel of the BuCor employed for the purpose of the
implementation of reformation programs and those
personnel whose nature of work requires proximate or direct
contact with inmates.

__________________________________ [Link] to RA 10575 the Directorate for Reception and Diagnostic

is formerly known as?

__________________________________ 5. For Supervision purpose the Bureau of Corrections is under

what department of the government?

__________________________________ 6. How many Deputy Directors of Bureau of Correction under R.A.

10575?

__________________________________ 7. What is the required custodial personnel-to-inmate ratio under

BuCor Act of 2013?

__________________________________ 8. The maximum age requirement for initial appointment to BuCor

under RA 10575?

__________________________________ 9. The required reformation personnel-to-inmate ratio under the

existing law.

__________________________________ 10. What is the rank of the head of the Bureau of Correction under
the R.A. 10575?

C. LESSON WRAP-UP
Activity 6: Thinking about Learning
Congratulations for completing this module. You can now shade the number of modules you have
completed.

“My Learning Tracker”

Date

Learning Target/Topic

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Activities

Scores

Action Plan

(What contributed to the

quality of your performance
today? What will you do next
session to maintain your
performance or improve it?)

1. What is the purpose of R.A. 10575?

a. To promote the general welfare and safeguard the basic rights of every prisoner incarcerated in
national penitentiary.
b. Recognize the responsibility of the State to strengthen government capability aimed towards the
institutionalization of highly efficient and competent correctional services.
c. To provide for the modernization, professionalization and restructuring of the Bureau of Corrections
by upgrading its facilities, increasing the number of its personnel, upgrading the level of
qualifications of their personnel and standardizing their base pay, retirement and other benefits,
making it at par with that of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.

KEY TO CORRECTIONS
3.1.
CUSTODIAL RANK REFORMATION RANK
Corrections Chief Superintendent
Corrections Senior Superintendent Corrections Technical Senior Superintendent
Corrections Superintendent Corrections Technical Superintendent
Corrections Chief Inspector Corrections Technical Chief Inspector
Corrections Senior Inspector Corrections Technical Senior Inspector
Corrections Inspector Corrections Technical Inspector
Corrections Senior Officer IV Corrections Technical Senior Officer IV
Corrections Senior Officer III Corrections Technical Senior Officer III
Corrections Senior Officer II Corrections Technical Senior Officer II
Corrections Senior Officer I Corrections Technical Senior Officer I
Corrections Officer III Corrections Technical Officer III
Corrections Officer II Corrections Technical Officer II
Corrections Officer I Corrections Technical Officer I

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IDENTIFICATION. Identify the terms asked on the following questions. Write the capital letter of the
word/words on the space provided before the number.
1. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
2. SUPERINTENDENT
3. CORRECTIONS TECHNICAL OFFICERS
4. RECEPTION AND DIAGNOSTIC CENTER
5. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
6. THREE (3)
7. 1:7
8. 40 YEARS OLD
9. 1:24
10. DIRECTOR

TEACHER-LED ACTIVITIES:
In-classroom learning session:
1. Collect completed work in the SAS;
2. Allocate your contact time with students to individual or small group mentoring, monitoring, and student
consultations;
3. You may administer summative assessments (quizzes, demonstrations, graded recitation, presentations,
performance tasks) during face-to-face sessions;

4. You may also explore supplementary activities that foster collaboration, provided that social distancing is
observed; and

Sources:
[Link]
[Link] › the-history-of-the-first-Philippine-assembly

Congratulations! That’s enough for today, please search in advance the United Nations standard
minimum for the treatment of prisoners.

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