This document outlines definitions related to the management of inmates in BJMP facilities, including terms for various types of inmates such as alcoholics, bisexuals, and youth offenders. It describes institutional roles, such as the chief custodial officer, as well as procedures for admission, commitment orders, and visitation rights. Additionally, it identifies terms related to jail resources, like clustering of jails and contraband regulations.

1. ADMISSION AND RELEASE OF
PDL'S (BJMP)
CA-101

2. • Section 12. DEFINITION OF TERMS - As used in this Manual,
the following terms are defined:
• Alcoholics - those inmates who suffer from alcoholism or those
engaged in the improper compulsive intake of alcohol which
may result in physical, social and behavioral problems.
• Bisexual - are those inmates who have a sexual attraction or
sexual behavior toward both males and females, and may also
encompass sexual attraction to people of any gender identity or
to a person irrespective of that person’s biological sex or gender.

3. • Carpeta - otherwise known as “inmate record or jacket”,
contains the personal and criminal records of inmates,
documents related to his/her incarceration such as but not
limited to: commitment order, subpoenas, personal
identification, orders from the court, and all other papers
• necessarily connected with the detention of an inmate.
• Child or Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL), also known as
• “Youth Offender” - a person under eighteen (18) years old who
is alleged as, accused of or adjudged as having committed an
offense under the Philippine laws.
• Chief Custodial Officer - is the personnel in-charge in the overall
• supervision of all custodial functions.

4. • Chief Custodial Officer - is the personnel in-charge in the overall
• supervision of all custodial functions.
• City Jail - is a facility or a place of confinement for those inmates who are
• sentenced with a penalty from (1) one day to three (3) year imprisonment.
• Clustering of Jails - the designation of a municipal or city Jail as a facility
• for one or more adjacent municipalities in order to maximize the utilization
of personnel and other resources. The “host” city or municipality is named
• as a district to accommodate inmates from the municipalities clustered to it.

5. • Commitment Order - a written order of the court, or any other agency
• authorized by law to issue, entrusting an inmate to a jail for the purpose of
• safekeeping during the pendency of his/her case.
• Contraband - any article, item, or thing prohibited by law and/or
• forbidden by jail rules that would pose as security hazards or endanger the
• lives of inmates.
• Conjugal Visitation – refers to the visit by the wife for a short period,
• usually an hour, more or less, to her incarcerated husband during which
• they are allowed privacy and are generally understood to have sexual
• contact.

6. • Detainee - a person who is accused before a court or
competent authority and is temporarily confined in jail while
undergoing or awaiting investigation, trial, or final judgment.
• District Jail - is a facility or a place of confinement for inmates
coming from a city or clustered municipalities who are waiting
or undergoing trial or serving sentence of one (1) day to three
(3) years.
• Drug Dependents - are those inmates who have
apsychological craving for habituation to and abuse of or
physiologic reliance on a chemical/drug substance.