Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP; Filipino: Kawanihan ng Pamamahala ng Bilangguan at Penolohiya) is an attached agency of the Department of the Interior and Local Government mandated to direct, supervise and control the administration and operation of all district, city and municipal jails in the Philippines with pronged tasks of safekeeping and development of its inmates, officially classed as persons deprived of liberty (PDL). == History == The agency was created on January 2, 1991, by virtue of Republic Act No.
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