Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)

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The Bureau of Corrections (Philippines) is the national government agency responsible for the administration, management, and rehabilitation of inmates in the country’s national prisons and penal farms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency
penal system agency
abbreviation BuCor
country Philippines
distinctFrom Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
surface form: Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (Philippines)

Parole and Probation Administration
surface form: Parole and Probation Administration (Philippines)
employs administrative staff
corrections officers
establishedInYear 1905
formerName Bureau of Corrections (Philippines) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of Prisons (Philippines)
governs implementation of rehabilitation programs for national inmates
handles persons convicted by final judgment and sentenced to serve prison terms of more than three years
hasAuthorityOver national prisoners classified as maximum security
national prisoners classified as medium security
national prisoners classified as minimum security
hasMotto “Changing Lives, Building a Safer Nation”
headquartersFacility Bilibid Prison
surface form: New Bilibid Prison Reservation
headquartersLocation Muntinlupa, Philippines
jurisdiction Philippine government
surface form: Government of the Philippines
languageOfWork English
Filipino
legalBasis Administrative Code of 1987
surface form: Administrative Code of 1987 (Philippines)

Republic Act No. 10575
locatedInTimeZone Philippine Standard Time
mandate rehabilitation and reformation of national prisoners
safekeeping of offenders sentenced to more than three years imprisonment
parentAgency Department of Justice of the Philippines
surface form: Department of Justice (Philippines)
partOf Philippine corrections system
regionServed nationwide
reportsTo Secretary of Justice of the Philippines
surface form: Secretary of Justice (Philippines)
responsibleFor administration of national prisons in the Philippines
custody of national prisoners in the Philippines
management of national penal farms in the Philippines
rehabilitation of inmates in national prisons
sector criminal justice system of the Philippines
supervises Correctional Institution for Women (Mandaluyong)
Davao Prison and Penal Farm
Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
Leyte Regional Prison
Bilibid Prison
surface form: New Bilibid Prison

Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm
San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm
Zamboanga Prison and Penal Farm
typeOfPrisonsManaged national penitentiaries
penal colonies
uses Bilibid Prison
surface form: New Bilibid Prison Reservation as main operating base
website https://www.bucor.gov.ph/

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Bilibid Prison operatedBy Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)
Committee on Justice and Human Rights of the Senate of the Philippines oversees Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)
this entity surface form: Bureau of Corrections
Bureau of Corrections (Philippines) formerName Bureau of Corrections (Philippines) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bureau of Prisons (Philippines)
NBP serves Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)
this entity surface form: national prison system of the Philippines