Non Institutional Corr

Non  institutional Corrections/ Rehabilitation

refers to that method of  correcting sentenced offenders without having to go to prison

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Advantages for Government

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less costly

offenders family need not suffer since the offender wi ll not be separated from them and he wi ll be able to go on with his life and livelihood thereby enabling him to support his fami ly 

community will also be involved so that crime becomes less hard to contro l 

Advantages

of Community  based Correction family member need not be victims because of the offenders imprisonment imprisonm ent 

rehabilitation will be more effective as the convict wi ll not be exposed to hardened crimina ls in prisons who wi ll only inf luence him to a life of crime 

rehabilitation can be monitored b y the communit y thus corrections can be made and be more effective

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cost of incarceration wi ll be eliminated which is extreme ly beneficia l to a cash  strapped government 

The Parole

and Probation Administration abbreviated as PPA, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice responsib le for providing a less costly alternative to imprisonment of  offenders who are like ikely to respond to individualized community-based treatment programs.

History August 7, 1935

introduced in the - Probation was first introduced Philippines during the American colonial period (1898 1945) with the enactment of Act No. 4221 of the Philippine Legislature

November 16, 1937 - he Supreme Court of the Philippines declared the Probation Law unconstitutional because of some defects in the law's procedural framework

1972 - House Bill No. 393 was filed in Congress, which would establish a probation system in the Philippines, Became pending in the Senate when Martial Law was declared and Congress was abolished.

1975 - the National Police Commission Interdisciplinary drafted a Probation Law. After 18 technical hearings over a period of six months, the draft decree was presented to a selected group of 369 jurists, penologists, civic leaders and social and behavioral scientists and practitioners. The group overwhelmingly endorsed the establishment of an Adult Probation System in the country.

Organizational

Structure

Attached to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Current Administrator: Ismael J. Herradura

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (RJ) is a philosophy and a process whereb y stakeholders in a specific offense resolve collectively how to dea l with the aftermath of the offense and its implications for the future. It is a victim-centered response to crime that provides opportunit y for those directly affected by the crime - the victim, the t he offender, offender, their t heir fami lies and the communit y - to be direct ly involved in responding to the harm caused by the crime. Its u ltimate objective is to restore the broken relationships among stakeho lders.

The

Restorative Justice process provides a hea ling opportunit y for affected parties to faci litate the recovery of the concerned parties and a llow them to move on with their lives.

VOLUNTEER PROBATION AIDE (VPA) PROGRAM is a strategy by which the Parole and Probation Administration may be able to generate maximum citizen participation or community involvement. Citizens of good standing in the community may volunteer to assist the probation and parole officers in the supervision of a number of probationers, probationers, parolees and conditional pardonees in their respective communities. The

Since they reside in the same community as the client, they are able to usher the reformation and rehabilitation of the clients hands-on. In collaboration with the PPO, the VPA he lps pave the way for the offender, victim and community to each heal from the harm resulting from the crime done. They can initiate a circle of support for c lients and victims to prevent prevent further crimes, thereby be participants in nationbuilding

THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY (TC) is a self -help social learning treatment model used in the rehabilitation of drug offenders offenders and other clients with behavioral problems. TC adheres to precepts of right living - Responsible Love and Concern; Truth and Honesty; the Here and Now; Personal Responsibility for Destiny; Social Responsibility (brothers keeper); Mora l Code; Work Ethics and Pride in Quality. The

Therapeutic Community (TC)

is an environment that that helps people get help while helping themselves. It operates in a similar fashion to a functiona l family with a hierarchica l structure of older and younger members. Each member has a defined role and responsibi lities for sustaining the proper functioning of the TC. There are sets of rules and community norms that members commit to live by and uphold upon entry. The primary therapist and teacher is the communit y itself, consisting of peers, staff/probation and paro le officers and even Volunteer Probation Aides (VPA), who, as role models of successful personal change, serve as guides in the recover y process.

For

next meeting

Read Presidential Decree (PD)968 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Form Form of Investig Investigation ation Report  Report  Period eriod of submi submissio ssion n Criteria for Placing an Offender on Probation Who are the Disqualif Disqualified ied Offenders?  Offenders?  Condition Conditionss of Probation Probation