Characterization of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at Quirino Provincial Jail

Provincial jails in the Philippines are located in each of the province under the Office of the Provincial Government. Persons Deprived of Liberties (PDLs) who were charged with different cases were committed by the court for their safety and for them to easily attend scheduled trials for the cases against them. In the province of Quirino, the jail is manned by a warden. During the collection of data, there were only eight (8) PDLs who were awaiting final judgment of the cases filed against them. 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 brackets of 18–27 years old, ally are males, married, Roman Catholic, reached/finished elementary, not employed, committed crimes against special laws and were arraigned, attended 6–10 times court hearings, been in jail for 2 years 1 day to 3 years and most claimed that they were alleged suspects of the crimes charged against them. It is therefore concluded that the crimes committed varies from each other since PDLs came from all walks of life. That the profile has nothing to do with the nature or commission of the crimes by the respondents.