AN ACT GIVING OFFENDERS THE FULLEST BENEFIT OF PREVENTIVE IMPRISONMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 29 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE

AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY GOOD CONDUCT ALLOWANCE TO PRISONERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN LITERACY, SKILLS AND VALUES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS

AN ACT INSTITUTING THE FORMER PRISONERS' EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PRESCRIBING STRICTER PENALTIES ON THE CRIME OF DELIVERING PRISONERS FROM JAIL AND INFIDELITY IN THE CUSTODY OF PRISONERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 156, 223 AND 224 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS OF PRISON RAPE AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, RECOMMENDATIONS, FUNDING, AND PUNISHMENT TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM PRISON RAPE

AN ACT PENALIZING PUBLIC OFFICERS FOR RELEASING PRISONERS IN ORDER TO COMMIT A CRIME AND ALLOWING THEM TO RETURN TO PRISON, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE AMENDING ARTICLE 223 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT INSTITUTING THE FORMER PRISONERS' EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PRESCRIBING STRICTER PENALTIES ON THE CRIME OF DELIVERING PRISONERS FROM JAIL AND INFIDELITY IN THE CUSTODY OF PRISONERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 156, 223 AND 224 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCESSANT DEATHS OF BILIBID INMATES DUE TO LACK OF BASIC NECESSITIES AND PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS APPLIED TO BUREAU OF CORRECTION (BUCOR) OFFICIALS AND STAFF, ADDRESSING POSSIBLE CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE BUCOR AND INSTITUTING CORRECTIVE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE FULL RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO LIFE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE DEATHS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY (PDLS) AND THE ACTUAL EXTENT OF COVID- 19 CONTAGION IN JAILS AND PRISONS NATIONWIDE

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ACTIVELY EXERCISE HIS PLENARY POWER TO GRANT EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY TO QUALIFIED AND DESERVING INMATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CURRENT SECURITY, CONTAINMENT, AND SAFETY REGULATION PROCEDURES FOR DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ASSESSING IF THESE PROCEDURES ARE ADEQUATE AND EFFECTIVE, AND TO RECOMMEND REMEDIAL MEASURES AND REGULATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE APPARENT MISMANAGEMENT AND/OR INCOMPETENCE OF THE NATIONAL BILIBID PRISON BY THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE LEADING TO A BRAWL THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF A HIGH PROFILE INMATE AND SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES TO OTHERS, AND THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST OTHER INMATES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PREVENT RECURRENCE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE DEHUMANIZING AND DEGRADING TREATMENT BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (PDEA), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) OF CEBU PROVINCIAL DETENTION AND REHABILITATION CENTER (CPDRC) INMATES LAST 28 FEBRUARY 2017, URGING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR) TO BRING THE ERRING OFFICERS AND THEIR OFFICIALS BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE, AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION THEREON, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ANOMALOUS DEATH OF EDUARDO SERINA SR., A FARMER WHO REPORTEDLY DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY WHILE ALLEGEDLY HARMING HIMSELF, WITH THE END VIEW OF ENDING PRACTICES OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND ENSURING THAT POLICE PROCEDURE IN HANDLING PERSONS UNDER DETENTION IS STRICTLY FOLLOWED.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED CASES OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ABUSES ALLEGEDLY PERPETRATED BY LAW ENFORCERS AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE RELATIVES OF DETAINEES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROPOSING LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE FULL PROTECTION, INCLUDING LEGAL REMEDIES, FOR AFFECTED WOMEN AND CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SECURITY LAPSES IN THE NEW BILIBID PRISON, RESULTING TO INJURY AND DEATH OF INMATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND SUCH OTHER COMMITTEES DEEMED PROPER, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE OF RICH PRISONERS AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD APPLIED IN TREATING INMATES AT THE NEW BILIBID PRISON MAXIMUM SECURITY COMPOUND

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES CONCERNING PREGNANT DETAINEES AND PRISONERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN PHILIPPINE JAILS IN LIGHT OF THE REPORTED DEATH OF A DETAINEE'S NEWBORN CHILD ALLEGEDLY DUE TO LACK OF IMMEDIATE AND ADEQUATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE BY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY AND ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE CONDITION OF FEMALE PRISONERS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING MEASURES FOR THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF WOMEN IN PRISON AND TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE AGAINST SUBSTANDARD OR INADEQUATE PENAL FACILITIES

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS; RULE OF PROCEDURE IN HANDLING INMATES THAT ARE GRANTED TEMPORARY FREEDOM FROM PRISON FOR EMERGENCY AND OTHER REASONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT CERTAIN HIGH PROFILE INMATES IN THE NEW BILIBID PRISON (NBP) ARE RECEIVING SPECIAL TREATMENT FROM NBP OFFICIALS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INTRODUCING INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS TO OUR CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORT THAT AN INMATE DIED OF TORTURE AT A MANILA POLICE DISTRICT DETENTION CELL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE, TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED EXPLOSION THAT KILLED ONE INMATE AND HURT 19 OTHERS IN THE NATIONAL BILIBID PRISON

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED RAMPANT DRUG TRADE INSIDE NEW BILIBID PRISON PERPETRATED BY NOTORIOUS DRUG LORD INMATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE 2013 COA REPORT THAT THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE DELAY IN THE DELIVERY OF GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE PREJUDICE OF THE INMATES AND ACCOUNT FOR THE QUESTIONABLE PURCHASE OF DRUGS WITHOUT THE PROPER PRESCRIPTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE SCHEME CURRENTLY BEING STUDIED BY THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY TO HAVE SOME DETAINEES PAY RENT FOR SPACE, FOOD AND UTILITIES WHILE THEIR CASES ARE BEING HELD IN COURT, AND THE WORSENING CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY'S JAILS THAT PROMPTED SUCH PROPOSAL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATIONS (BLUE RIBBON) TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION INTO THE ALLEGED MISFEASANCE, MALFEASANCE, AND NON-FEASANCE IN THE PHILIPPINE PRISON SYSTEM WHERE PRISON OFFICIALS OF THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS, BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY, AND NATIONAL BILIBID PRISONS GRANT SEVERAL INMATES AND CRIMINALS SPECIAL LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND PRIVILEGES AND EVEN FACILITATE THEIR ESCAPE ALLEGEDLY IN EXCHANGE FOR BRIBE MONEY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PLIGHT OF INMATES IN MUNICIPAL, CITY, PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL JAILS, WITH THE END-IN-VIEW OF RECOMMENDING LONG-TERM AND IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUS PROBLEM OF CONGESTION, INADEQUATE FACILITIES, INHUMANE CONDITIONS AND OTHER PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE WELFARE OF INMATES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED BIAS IN FAVOR OF RICH AND INFLUENTIAL INMATES AT BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY FACILITIES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM ENTITLING PRISONERS TO ADDITIONAL TIME CREDIT ALLOWANCES AGAINST THEIR PRISON SENTENCES, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PAG-ASA NG PAGLAYA SA PAGBASA PROGRAM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 98 OF ACT. NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE

AN ACT INSTITUTING THE FORMER PRISONERS' EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PRESCRIBING STRICTER PENALTIES ON THE CRIME OF DELIVERING PRISONERS FROM JAIL AND INFIDELITY IN THE CUSTODY OF PRISONERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 156, 223 AND 224 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ENSURING THE SECURITY OF WOMEN CONFINED IN DISTRICT, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL JAILS BY REQUIRING THE MAINTENANCE OF SEPARATE DETENTION FACILITIES FOR WOMEN PRISONERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 63 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MEDICAL PAROLE TO QUALIFIED PRISONERS AND SETTING RULES ON THE GRANT THEREOF

AN ACT CREATING PROGRAMS FOR INCARCERATED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN

AN ACT TO PREVENT LUXURIOUS CONDITIONS IN PRISONS

AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF BETRAYAL OF DUTY IN THE CUSTODY OF PRISONERS, PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL RULES ON THE IMPRISONMENT, DETENTION, CONFINEMENT AND CUSTODY OF PRISONERS AND DETAINEES, SPECIFYING ADDITIONAL WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL CHARGED WITH THE CUSTODY OF SUCH PRISONERS AND STATING THE PENALTIES THEREFOR

AN ACT PENALIZING PUBLIC OFFICERS FOR RELEASING PRISONERS IN ORDER TO COMMIT A CRIME AND ALLOWING THEM TO RETURN TO PRISON, AND FOR THIS PURPOSE AMENDING ARTICLE 223 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT ALLOWING HOUSE ARREST OR CONFINEMENT IN PLACES OTHER THAN REGULAR DETENTION FACILITY FOR DETENTION PRISONERS

AN ACT ELIMINATING INHUMANE CONDITIONS IN PHILIPPINE PRISONS AND JAILS

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CARRY OUT CHILD-PARENT VISITATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS