The Correctional System in the Philippines is composed of six agencies
under three distinct and separate departments of the national government:
The Department of Justice or DOJ; The Department of Interior and Local Government or DILG;
and the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD.
The Bureau of Corrections or BuCor, is an agency under the Department of Justice,
mandated to carry out institutional rehabilitation programs of the government for national offenders,
those sentenced to more than three years, and to ensure their safe custody.
It is composed of seven operating institutions strategically located all over the country to accept
national prisoners. The central office is located in the New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila,
where the Director, the assistant directors and the general administration staff are holding official functions.
MANDATE
THE PRINCIPAL TASK OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS IS THE REHABILITATION
OF NATIONAL PRISONERS
SLOGAN
BRINGING BACK THE DIGNITY OF MAN.
PRINCIPLES
The BuCor adheres and adopts the following principles in accomplishing
its mandated objectives and performing its assigned functions:
1) To confine prisoners by giving them adequate living spaces as the first conditions to be met before any effective rehabilitation programs can be undertaken.
2) To prevent prisoners from committing crimes while in custody.
3) To provide humane treatment by affording them human basic needs in the prison environment and prohibiting cruel methods and provide a variety of rehabilitation program.
