International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences

Republic Act 6975 created the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the Department of the Interior and Local Government. 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 Cabagan, Isabela established on September 1, 2018. The jail is manned by a commissioned officer as warden having fifteen (15) male and six (6) female jail officers, a total of twenty one (21) active personnel. Cabagan is a 1st class municipality in the province. A total of sixty two (62) PDLs were used as respondents of the study representing 100 percent of its total population. This study was limited on the characterization of PDLS committed at the Cabagan District Jail, in Cabagan, Isabela. 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 28–37 and 38–47 years old respectively, majority are males, married, Roman Catholic, reached/finished high school, not employed, committed crimes against person and were arraigned, attended 1–5 times court hearings, been in jail for almost 6 months 1 day-12 months and 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 and differs on the circumstances that led to the commission of the crimes despite the fact that PDLs came from all walks of life except on the educational attainment as observed on the data gathered.