Composition.
SEC. 60. Composition. — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, hereinafter referred to as the Jail Bureau, is hereby created initially consisting of officers and uniformed members of the Jail Management and Penology Service as constituted under Presidential Decree No. 765.
Powers and Functions.
SEC. 61. Powers and Functions. — The Jail Bureau shall exercise supervision and control over all city and municipal jails. The provincial jails shall be supervised and controlled by the provincial government within its jurisdiction, whose expenses shall be subsidized by the National Government for not more than three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act.
Organization.
SEC. 62. Organization. — The Jail Bureau shall be headed by a Chief who shall be assisted by a deputy chief. The Jail Bureau shall be composed of city and municipal jails, each headed by a city or municipal jail warden: Provided, That, in the case of large cities and municipalities, a district jail with subordinate jails headed by a district jail warden may be established as necessary. The Chief of the Jail Bureau shall recommend to the Secretary the organizational structure and staffing pattern of the Bureau as well as the disciplinary machinery for officers and men of the Bureau In accordance with the guidelines set forth herein and as prescribed in Section 85 of this Act.
Establishment of District, City or Municipal Jail.
SEC. 63. Establishment of District, City or Municipal Jail. —There shall be established and maintained in every district, city and municipality a secured, clean, adequately equipped and sanitary jail for the custody and safekeeping of city and municipal prisoners, any fugitive from justice, or person detained awaiting investigation or trial and/or transfer to the national penitentiary, and/or violent mentally ill person who endangers himself or the safety of others, duly certified as such by the proper medical or health officer, pending the transfer to a mental institution. The municipal or city jail service shall preferably be headed by a graduate of a four (4) year course in psychology, psychiatry, sociology, nursing, social work or criminology who shall assist in the immediate rehabilitation of individuals or detention of prisoners. Great care must be exercised so that the human rights of these prisoners are respected and protected, and their spiritual and physical well—being are properly and promptly attended to.
Rank Classification.
SEC. 64. Rank Classification. — For purposes of efficient administration, supervision and control, the rank classification of the members of the Jail Bureau shall be as follows: Director Chief Superintendent Senior Superintendent Superintendent Chief Inspector Senior Inspector Inspector Senior Jail Officer IV Senior Jail Officer III Senior Jail Officer II Senior Jail Officer I Jail Officer III Jail Officer II Jail Officer I
Key Positions.
SEC. 65. Key Positions. — The head of the Jail Bureau with the rank of director shall have the position title of Chief of Jail Bureau. He shall be assisted by a deputy chief with the rank of chief superintendent. The assistant heads of the Department's regional offices with the rank of senior superintendent shall assume the position title of Assistant Regional Director of Jail Management and Penology as provided by Section 12 of this Act; the heads of district offices with the rank of chief inspector shall have the position title of District Jail Warden; and the heads of the city or municipal stations with the rank of senior inspector shall be known as City/Municipal Jail Warden.
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Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines — Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).