The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the Department of the Interior and Local Government was created by virtue of Republic Act 6975 of 1990. The act paved way on the creation of more jails efficiently manned by professionals, qualified, trained and committed jail personnel all over the country. In the Province of Isabela, there are district jails created and one of which is located in Cabaruan, Cauayan, Isabela. There were one hundred forty six (146) Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) committed to the jail during the schedule of data gathering. These PDLs are incarcerated while the cases filed against them are on trial or awaiting final judgment by the court. The researcher made used of a questionnaire to gather the needed data from the respondents. Interview was also conducted in order to verify some vague answers on the questionnaire. Findings of the study on age, most of the respondents are young with an age bracket of 18–27 years old, majority are males, married, single, Roman Catholic, reached/finished Elementary Level/graduate, not employed, committed crimes against special laws and were arraigned, attended 1–5 times court hearings, been in jail for 2 years 1 day to 3 years and 3 years 1 day and more respectively, most claimed that they were alleged suspects of the crimes charged against them. It is therefore concluded that majority of the respondents’ profile are similar despite the fact that PDLs came from all walks of life except on the occupation before detention as observed on the data gathered.
Arraignment, Commitment Order, Warden, Crimes, Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs), Court, Court Trial, Safekeeping, Rehabilitation, District Jail, Characterization
