• The Philippine Government has organized and established institutions which serve to maintain peace and order. These institutions are responsible for preventing crimes, enforcement of laws, and apprehension and prosecution of those who violate the law. If the courts of law find them guilty of committing a crime, they shall be confined in order for those people to he rehabilitated and to he reintegrated into the community as law abiding citizens

These institutions organized by the Government have incorporated themselves in order to establish

a Criminal Justice System. This system is composed of the Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Court,

Corrections and the Mobilized Community. Law Enforcement effects the arrest of those people who

violated the law. The Prosecution considers the background to determine whether the person arrested for violating a law should be prosecuted. The Court is the cornerstone of the system wherein it determine whether the person charged with a criminal offence is guilty or not When the courts of law find an individual guilty of violating the law a sentence shall be imposed upon him, not to change the crimanal's attitude, but as a penalty. When a person has been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt, he or she must be placed in confinement for the protection of the criminal and for the community's welfare Criminals are considered prisoners while they serve their sentences imposed by the court for transgressing the law.

Prisoners are classified as National or Insular Prisoners, whose sentences are more than three (3) years to death and who will serve his or her sentance at the National Penitentiary. Based on the Bureau of Corrections reception procedures, female convicts will serve their sentences at the Correctional Institution for Women at Madaluyong City, while male convicts will serve their sentences at any of the country's correctional institutions, namely: San Ramon Prison & Penal Farm, Zamboanga; Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm, Palawan, Davan Prison and Penal Farm, Dajuli, Davao del Norte, New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa: Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm, Sablayan Occidental Mindoro, and Leyte Regional Prison, Leyte

Before a convict can enter a penal institution, the convict must first undergo admission and classification procedures. The operating manual of the Bureau of Corrections mandates the submission of the following documents: (1) Commitment Order from the Court or Mittimus; (2) Court Decision of the Case; (3) Information filed by the City/Provincial Prosecutor, (4) Certificate of Detention, if any. from the City. Provincial and/or Municipal Jail where the prisoner was previously detained

The prisoner will then be received at the Reception and Diagnostic Center (RDC), and the prisoner's identity will be examined through submitted photographs and fingerprints. The authenticity of the documents will also be carefully examined. The inmates will also be photographed and fingerprinted by RDC staff for comparative and records purposes of the Bureau of Corrections. After the prisoner is admitted, the prisoner will stay at the RDC for a total of sixty (60) days. The inmate will be placed first in a quarantine cell for at least five days (5) wherein the prisoner will be medically examined to determine illness and, if found to have infectious or contagious diseases, he shall be immediately. confined in the hospital until his recovery. After the quarantine, the inmate shall remain at the RDC for a period not exceeding fifty-five (56) days, wherein the inmate shall undergo orientation of prison rules and regulations, the condition of prison life, and institutional programmes for their early release. A staff interview will be conducted by the Psychiatrist, Sociologist, Educational Counselor, Vocational