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BJMP POLICY
PROCEDURES IN
THE SELECTION AND
DESIGNATION
OF JAIL AIDES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
INTRODUCTION 4
1 POLICY DECLARATION 6
Article 1. General Provisions 6
Section 1. Rationale 6
Section 2. Purpose 8
Section 3. Scope and Limitation 8
Section 4. Policy Security Classification 8
2 POLICY PROCEDURES 13
Article 1. Procedures in the Designation of Jail Aides 13
Section 1. Coverage 13
Section 2. Process of Selection 13
Section 3. Criteria 13
Section 4. Additional Guidelines 16
Section 5. Limitation of Tasking 17
Section 6. Prohibited Assignments 18
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4 ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS 24
5 AMENDMENTS 25
6 SEPARABILITY CLAUSE 26
7 EFFECTIVITY 27
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INTRODUCTION
“We are doing all we can to secure all the country’s jails
and bring genuine reformation to all our detainees.”
DIONY D MAMARIL
Jail Chief Superintendent
OIC, BJMP
Aides is a statement of doctrine that shall guide the administrators and staff in
the different jails under the BJMP turf in determining courses of actions to be
taken in order to effectively and efficiently administer jail aide system, with
This policy guide lays down the fundamental framework and provisions
jail aide services that may impinge on jail security and public safety in general
if not controlled or regulated. This policy shall provide general guidelines for
necessary revisions if called for under the tutelage of the Chief, BJMP.
as jail aides for certain limited tasking and enumerating among others
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fill-in the management gaps that derailed the bureau for uncontrolled and
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District, City and Municipal Wardens, are hereby directed to heed and
every inmate in jail and without losing sight of the fact that the BJMP
clientele.
Section 1. Rationale
existing conditions.
customary sight of inmates doing various jail chores. While the dimension of
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with having BJMP’s full hand in going about with their primary mandated
other aspects of jail jobs that should be done by persons not in anyway
involved in the primary functions of jail officers, yet they have to do so for lack
tasks.
court who cannot afford to post bail or because of the nature of their case as
who are already sentenced. This is based on the fact that sentenced inmates
in BJMP jails do not have to serve more than 3 years and as such they are
less prone to make escape. They would only be too willing to serve as jail
aides with the possibility of them released earlier by virtue of the Good
Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA), which, although not granted by the BJMP,
may be facilitated through close and consistent coordination with the Bureau
of Corrections.
Almost always, it is the inmates who are not sentenced yet who pose a
serious problem when they can no longer be located when the court wants
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their person. Unsentenced inmates in BJMP jails are facing serious charges
ranging from such heinous crimes as murder, rape, homicide, etc., to minor
ones, but owing to the uncertainty of the future which may be too heavy for
them to bear if given the maximum penalty, they have their mind set to
that only sentenced inmates in district, city, and municipal jails are to be
In order, however, that a jail aide may certainly be able to avail himself
of the GCTA, only sentenced inmates with at least still two (2) years to serve
Section 2. Purpose
This policy guide enunciates the procedures and guidelines for BJMP
This policy is not in any way a classified document, in fact this is meant
for public consumption as this can also be used as reference by other jail and
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complexities of life.
This policy shall benefit all BJMP field offices and units and that this will
guide them in the proper methods in proceeding with the use of inmates as jail
aides.
Similarly, this will benefit the inmates themselves who may not be
while in confinement.
that no matter how they intend or not intend to exercise what opportunities
available there are in jails to add or reduce the burdens that lie upon their
shoulders, all these should be tempered by what is right and proper and what
is appropriate according to the topographical location of the jail, its outer and
inner perimeters, structure of the jail facility and most specifically the jail’s
closely in coordination with the BJMP Regional Offices and the Provincial
in all district, city and municipal jails under BJMP jurisdiction; and
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City Jail is a BJMP jail facility in the city in which detainees and
City Prisoner is one who is confined in a city jail and who is sentenced
data as his personal profile, history, and other data of the inmate on file
in jail.
after clustering or adjoining jails and is one of these jails nearest to the
court.
trial, undergoing trial or awaiting final judgment of the court but has not
purpose.
of his case.
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imposed for good behavior, which only the Director of the Bureau of
detainee or a convict.
facility.
Jail Aide refers to an inmate given certain tasks in jail to assist in work,
unnecessary burden.
arrested persons under detention and convicted for offenses six (6)
months below.
is sentenced to a prison term of from one (1) day to six (6) months.
position or place in society, may have protégés in jail and who may
after having been imposed a penalty of more than three (3) years by
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Section 1. Coverage
Only District, city and municipal jails with sentenced inmates serving
not more than three (3) years imprisonment shall be allowed for employment
but is still facing another charge, he shall not be allowed to perform functions
formed and whose decision shall be the basis for the designation of jail aides,
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jail aides’ requirement for a jail but not to exceed 4% of the total inmate jail
population.
of jail aides.
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k. The warden could only designate jail aides out of the submitted
regularly by respective wardens every end of the month to the Regional Office
n. The BJMP Regional Offices shall furnish the same monthly list of jail
Section 3. Qualifications/Criteria
few members of the jail staff may know it. Does he have any
inmates?
direction, and the quality and quantity of his work. An inmate whose record is
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baccalaureate degree holder, etc.)? These skills may offer other fringe
with influential persons may cause for difficulties in handling the inmate.
a. Selection Process
b. Once Selected:
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visitors.
it clearly shows that said escape succeeded out of his personal intent and not
have direct interest in that escape, existing rules or policies that pinpoint
responsibility for such lapses shall prevail – that is, the personnel or guards
There should be a limit to the work to be done by jail aides and these
3. Cooking food
4. Garage work
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9. Laundry work
development programs/projects
12. Other analogous tasks inside the jail and its premises that
Committee (JASC)
following:
2. Search visitors
communication.
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maintain his enthusiasm and enhance his positive attitude towards the
responsibilities for which he has been specially tasked to assume, a jail aide
(uniform).
separate housing for jail aides) during the day when others are
early hours of the night before announcement for TAPS upon the
consent of the jail warden and under the vigilant eyes of the duty
other than the visiting area, subject to existing rules on security and, if
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accommodated.
warden upon release from the jail with an unbroken record of good
service as jail aide reckoned from the time of his selection and
7. Most importantly, a jail aide who, for the first two years of
his imprisonment, has not had any breach of discipline and rules and
recommended for the GCTA, with a deduction of five (5) days for each
month. For the third year, he shall be allowed eight (8) days for each
month.
Jail aides who commit any breach of jail rules and regulations shall be
sanctioned, thus:
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privileges.
Logically, the more inmates there are, the more jail aides there should
be, and the less personnel there are, still the more need for jail aides. Hence,
number of inmates only. It will not matter how many personnel there are,
since the services of jail aides are more for their fellow inmates and less or
none at all for the personnel. The ratio of 1 jail aide for every 25 inmates
Personnel
The following are the “Dos” and Don’ts” for personnel in the utilization
A. DOs –
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to be done by jail aides. Think twice before you make them do outside
officers is necessary.
answer this question: “Is it for the inmates or the jail as a whole, or
4. Should there be any doubt about what you intend them to do,
B. DON’Ts --
2. Don’t make inmate jail aides lose respect to you as you would
not want your sons and daughters or your brothers and sisters lose
respect to you.
3. Don’t allow them to take so much familiarity with you just as you
cause mutual abuse and with you as personnel at the losing end.
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abide with the policy guidelines herein set forth and shall, henceforth, promote
the practice of these without giving room to any attempt for a compromise.
terms of adhering to rules and regulations duly handed down for observance
by units concerned.
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shall apply with the Civil Service Commission rules and regulations shall be in
suppletory character.
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CHAPTER 5: AMENDMENTS
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and issuances, the other provisions not affected thereby shall continue in
operation.
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CHAPTER 7: EFFECTIVITY
This policy procedure shall take effect upon approval by the Chief BJMP.
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