Characterization of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at Santiago City District Jail-Female Dorm, Santiago City, Isabela

Republic Act 6975 was enacted and was known as the DILG Act of 1990. Under this agency, the tri-bureaus were created: the Philippine National Police, The Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology under the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Under the BJMP are 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 Santiago City-the female dorm that caters solely for female offenders. The jail is manned by a lady officer and having lady jail officer. A total of fifty five (55) 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 Santiago City District Jail-(female dorm), in Santiago City, 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. Based from the findings of the study on age, most of the respondents are young with an age brackets of 28–37 years old, all are fe males, majority are single, Roman Catholic, reached/finished high school, 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 most claimed that they were alleged suspects of the crimes charged against them. It can be concluded that majority of the respondents’ profile are similar but differs on the circumstances and reasons that led to the commission of the crimes as presented on the data gathered.