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CountryPhilippines

Ministry responsible
a) Department of Interior and Local Government (jails for pre-trial & short
sentences); b) Department of Justice (national prisons for sentences over 3
years); c) Department of Social Welfare & Development (centres for children in
conflict with the law)
Prison administration
a) Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP); b) Bureau of Corrections
(BuCor).
Contact address
a) 144 Juco Building, Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines; b) Bureau of
Corrections, NBP Reservation, Muntinlupa City 1776, Philippines.
Telephone
a) +632 927 6383; b) +632 809 8073 or 809 9775 or 850 3282.
Fax
a) +63 2 926 7756; b) +632 850 32 82.
Website
http://www.bjmp.gov.ph(link is external)
http://www.bucor.gov.ph(link is external)
Head of prison administration (and title)
a) Allan Sullano Iral; b) Gerald Q. Bantag
a) Chief, BJMP; b) Director General, BuCor.

Prison population total (including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners)
165 583
at 31.5.2021 (48,284 in BuCor prisons, 117,299 in BJMP jails)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
151
based on an estimated national population of 109.86 million at end of May 2021
(from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population)
63.9%
(31.5.2021)
Further Information
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population)
10.3%
(31.5.2021)
Further Information
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison
population)
1.0%
(2016 - under 18)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population)
0.3%
(31.5.2018)
Number of establishments / institutions
440
(2021 - 7 national prisons, 433 jails; another 37 jails are ‘non-operational’)
Official capacity of prison system
c. 
45 730
(31.5.2021 - 1,981 in prisons, c. 33,750 in jails)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity)
c. 
362.0%
(31.5.2021 - 403% in prisons, c. 348% in jails)

Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)

Year Prison population total Prison population rate 2000 79,299 102 2002 67,968
83 2004 83,501 99 2006 91,200 104 2008 94,961 105 2010 95,390 103 2012 106,323
111 2014 120,076 121 2016 170,543 167 2018 188,278 179

Further information

Year Prison population total Prison population rate 2000 79,299 102 2002 67,968
83 2004 83,501 99 2006 91,200 104 2008 94,961 105 2010 95,390 103 2012 106,323
111 2014 120,076 121 2016 170,543 167 2018 188,278 179

News


JUSTICE SECTOR LAUNCHES UNIFIED DATABASE FOR PRISONERS

13 Jan 2020
Justice Sector launches unified database for prisoners(link is external)



DRUG REHAB FACILITY IN JAILS TO BE CONSTRUCTED NEXT YEAR

18 Dec 2019
Drug rehab facility in jails to be constructed next year(link is external)



PHL OFFICIALS TO OVERHAUL ‘INHUMANE,' OVERCROWDED JAILS

09 Aug 2016
PHL officials to overhaul ‘inhumane,' overcrowded jails(link is external)



PHILIPPINES JAIL OVERCROWDING: PHOTOS REVEAL INMATES TAKE TURNS TO SLEEP

01 Aug 2016
Philippines jail overcrowding: Photos reveal inmates take turns to sleep(link is
external)



PHILIPPINES SPECIAL FORCES TAKE CONTROL OF LARGEST PRISON

21 Jul 2016
Philippines Special Forces Take Control of Largest Prison(link is external)



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PRISONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Report
21/05/2018
Author: 
Prison Insider
Countries: 
Philippines
Prisons in the Philippines(link is external)

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US STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY REPORT 2013: PHILIPPINES

Report
27/02/2014
Author: 
US State Department
Countries: 
Philippines
US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Philippines(link is
external)

 * Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
 * Female prison population: trend
 * Prison population trend up to 2000


PRE-TRIAL/REMAND PRISON POPULATION: TREND

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand
prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population
on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the
total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
 

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the
national population. 

                                                   PHILIPPINES

Year

Number in
pre-trial/remand
imprisonment

Percentage
of total
prison population

Pre-trial/remand
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2001
2005
2010
2015

35,961
58,431
c. 56,325
96,402

56.9%
64.6%
c. 59.0%
69.1%

45
68
c. 60
96

2021

105,742

63.9%

96

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from
day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give
an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national
population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but
the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national
figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international
authorities. 


FEMALE PRISON POPULATION: TREND

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison
population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a
single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total
prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day. 

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the
national population.

                                                 PHILIPPINES

Year

Number of
female
prisoners

Percentage
of total
prison population

Female prison
population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

2001
2005
2010
2015

3,324
7,076
7,726
9,188

5.3%
7.8%
8.1%
6.6%

4.2
8.3
8.3
9.1

2021

17,121

10.3%

15.6

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an
indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national
population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but
the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national
figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international
authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the
national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the
final column).


PRISON POPULATION TREND UP TO 2000 

The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years
up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot
of the Overview page and in the graphs below.

                                            PHILIPPINES

Year

Prison
population
total

Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of
national population)

1993
1999
2000

35,864
70,383
79,299

53
92
102

 

20002002200420062008201020122014201620180100,000200,00079,29979,29967,96867,96883,50183,50191,20091,20094,96194,96195,39095,390106,323106,323120,076120,076170,543170,543188,278188,278

Year Prison population total 2000 79,299 2002 67,968 2004 83,501 2006 91,200
2008 94,961 2010 95,390 2012 106,323 2014 120,076 2016 170,543 2018 188,278

188,278

Prison population total
2000200220042006200820102012201420162018010020010210283839999104104105105103103111111121121167167179179

Year Prison population rate 2000 102 2002 83 2004 99 2006 104 2008 105 2010 103
2012 111 2014 121 2016 167 2018 179

179

Prison population rate