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BJMP Comprehensive Operations manual 2015 Edition Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Page 1 Whereas, Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, provides that the task of jail management and penology shall be the responsibility of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). As an institution, and pursuant to the mandate earlier mentioned, the BJMP has defined through consultative and participatory strategic planning sessions its vision, mission, powers, functions, values, objectives and principles; Whereas, in view of the number of challenges brought about by time and circumstances having particular bearing on the bureau's operations, it behooves the BJMP to revisit its existing Comprehensive Operations manual make it more responsive to the bureau's mandate of "Safekeeping and

BJMP Comprehensive Operations Manual Revised 2015 Page 2 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology district, city and municipal inmates, any fugitive from justice, or person detained awaiting or undergoing investigation or trial and/or transfer to the National

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