Baseline Study on the Philippine Penal Conditions: Nurturing a Human Rights Based Approach to Penal Management •······································································································································································································································· one year durations. Inmates must be awarded GCTA credits upon completion of the modular program . Program managers must issue a sealed "certification of completion" for every program that inmates completed. The certificate must contain information about the length of the program and amount of GCTA awarded to the inmates. ii. Role of Families and Service Providers Families and service providers play an important role in the rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates. They not only support the correctional agencies in provision of the basic needs of the inmates, they also play an important role for inmates to overcome the pains of imprisonment. They keep the inmates connected to the outside world and they also help shield inmates from the corrupting influences of imprisonment. As such, families and service providers must be encouraged to visit and interact with the inmates. This is applicable to all types of inmates. whether high risks or low risks. Having recognized the importance of families and service providers. certain programming protocols must be followed . A visitor's list for each inmate must be constructed and visitors must be subjected to screening procedures so as not to compromise the security of the facility. A complete listing of service providers must also be developed and a process of recognition I accreditation must be put in place. iii. CHECKLIST Determining compliance to a Human Rights Based Approach to inmate programming • The facility offers educational, spiritual, livelihood, recreation/ sports and reentry programs Yes/ No • There are sufficient fully trained and courteous rehabilitation officers Yes/ No • Rehabilitation officers are knowledgeable on inmate programming Yes/ No • The facility has protocol on the selection of participants Yes/ No Yes/ No • Inmates participate based on their needs • The facility has protocol on recognition of service providers Yes/ No • Programs have beginning and end Yes/ No Yes/ No • Programs have clear curriculum • Programs have basis for evaluation Yes/ No • Programs have continuity with other programs Yes/ No iv. Making in work: Inmate programming in Detention Centers It is not a mandate forthe PNP, NBI, PDEA. Bl and AFP Detention Centers to implement rehabilitation programs. These agencies are law enforcement or security agencies. These agencies are tasked to hold inmates temporarily for the purposes of investigation. The solution therefore is the immediate transfer of the inmates to the Jails. The Detention Centers must coordinate with the prosecutors and court offices in achieving the reglementary period of 36 hours of temporary detention. 32 The Detention Centers must not allow the request of inmates who overstay. However. given the current reality of prolonged detention and of inmates se rving their time while in detention, there are pragmatic reasons for the Detention facilities to introduce inmate programming. 32 32 This requires coordi nation with t he Supreme Court as well. Especially in high profile cases, the courts decide on where the accused are detained, which are based on legal and not on penological criteria. The courts may decide that an accused be kept in t he PNP custody. This usually creates imbalances i n t he penal system. For example, pol ice officers are made to guard a high profile i nmate, which is not a police core function, and thus depriving the public of t he law enforcement services of these police officers. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, which has core competency in jail management, must be empowered to take custody over all high-profile inmates undergoi ng trial. The BJMP must be supported in const ructing a facility for these t ypes of inmates.