QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 413)
It requires that a jail be established and kept at the capital of every organized province for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed. The expenses of establishing/keeping the jails and maintaining the prisoners are borne by the provinces, unless otherwise provided.
The judge of the Court of First Instance and the provincial board must, whenever the judge is required to be in the province, make personal inspection of the jail regarding sufficiency for safe-keeping, proper accommodation and health, and the manner the jail has been kept since the last inspection.
The governor is responsible, either by himself or through a jailor he appoints.
It requires separate rooms for the sexes except where they are lawfully married.
The governor must supply proper food and clothing under the direction of the provincial board and at the province’s expense. The provincial board may allow up to twenty cents (Mexican) each per day for feeding prisoners or may make contracts with third parties at that rate.
It must include: names of persons committed, place of abode, time of commitment, cause of commitment, authority committing them, and description of their persons. It must also note time and authority of liberation, particulars of any escape, and for deaths the date and cause.
The president of the provincial board of health must make an examination and report to the provincial board as to the cause of death.
The governor must return a copy of the prisoner calendar under his hand to the judge at the opening of each term. If he neglects or refuses, he is punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred pesos.
It must make suitable regulations to prevent introduction of intoxicating liquors, prohibit gambling, and prevent disorderly practices of any kind in the jail.
The rate is twenty cents, money of the United States, per day. It is to be advanced and taxed as costs in accordance with section one of Act No. 397.
When the process directed to the governor or sheriff must be returned to the court, the certified copy of the process plus the return is presumptive evidence of the officer’s right to retain the prisoner in custody.
They must be regularly indorsed, filed, and kept in a suitable box by the governor or his jailor-deputy, and the box with its contents must be delivered to the successor officer in charge of the prisoner.
The provincial board must arrange for safekeeping in the jail of a neighboring province. The officer having custody must commit the prisoner to the neighboring jail, where detention has the same legal effect as if confined in the home province.
Yes. It may be used to safekeep a fugitive from justice from any province. The jailor receives the same compensation for support and custody as for other prisoners, to be paid by the officer demanding custody, who is reimbursed as part of prosecution costs.
Prisoners must be treated with humanity and in a manner calculated to promote their reformation. Juvenile prisoners should be kept separately from experienced and hardened criminals if the jail admits of it.
Visits by parents and friends seeking to exert moral influence must be permitted at all reasonable times under regulations proscribed by the provincial board.
If the provincial board deems it advisable, able-bodied male prisoners except those held awaiting trial may work on public provincial roads/highways or other public works. The work is under the direction and control of the provincial supervisor, and prisoners must be sufficiently and properly guarded by the jailor/deputies or by the Philippine Constabulary if available.
It repeals all laws, rules, and regulations inconsistent with its provisions. It takes effect on its passage.