Baseline Study on the Philippine Penal Conditions: Nurturing a Human Rights Based Approach to Penal Management •······································································································································································································································· The Detention Centers must likewise be able to determine the medical and psychological conditions of the inmates, especially those afflicted with communicable diseases, and those with potentially violent mental conditions. Segregating these inmates is important to keep a healthy and safe environment. The health information must also be recorded and transmitted to the BJMP Jails or Provincial Jails. Additionally, considering the wide-ranging implications of gang affiliations on correctional management, there must be a well-defined policy against gang recruitment. Detention Centers must strictly enforce policies against tattooing of newly-arrived inmates. The cells must be regularly checked and cleared of tattooing paraphernalia. The Detention Centers must also orient inmates on the rules of the facility, list of prohibited items, and disciplinary procedures. Finally, detention agencies must consider employing staff with competence and training in offender management. In particular, the PNP must assign police officers to the Detention Centers whose educational backgrounds are in criminology, social work, psychology, and other related fields. While their core function is still in law enforcement, the PNP, NBl, PDEA, Bl, and AFP must send their personnel assigned in the Detention Centers for training in BJMP Jail National Training Institute to have a grasp of the importance and mechanisms of classification schemes. v. Making it work: Inmate Classification in Jails It is mandatory for the BJMP Jails and Provincial Jails to implement an inmate classification scheme. On top of the general guidelines listed above, BJMP Jails and Provincial Jails must consider the following: Jails with a population of more than 100 inmates must have an independent Inmate Classification Unit (ICU), with a fully trained staff, office space and functioning equipment. Jails with less than 100 inmates may designate a "Classification Officer" coming from a bigge r departmental unit but whose task is centered on inmate classification. Regardless of population size, Jails must have "classification cells" with individual bed-bunks so newly arrived inmates can be segregated from the general population. Jails must develop a written policy on inmate classification and develop a jail- specific Inmate Classification Instrument (ICI). The inmates must undergo the classification interview using the Inmate Classification Instrument (ICI) which will be the basis for housing assignment and inmate programming. The information gathered by officers from the Detention Centers (PNP, NBI, PDEA, Bl, AFP) must be utilized by the BJMP Jail and Provincial Jail personnel to assess the level of risks, needs and responsiv ity of the inmates. Upon determination of the inmate level of risks, needs and responsivity, an inmate rehabilitation plan must be prepared by the classification officers. The inmate rehabilitation plan will specify the programs that inmates w ill participate in while they are in jail. Inmates may stay in the "classification cells" for at least two weeks, where they will be properly oriented on house rules and regulations, the steps in the criminal procedures, different ways of early release, and mechanics of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law. Additionally, basic information must be gathered from the inmates. This includes demographic information, health information, biometric information, case information, criminal history, and life history of the inmates. Even with a fully functional classification scheme, inmate classification to gangs will post a problem in the interim. In this current context, inmates with gang affiliations must be treated with respect. However, they must be educated and informed of the change in penal philosophy and the need to introduce HRBA to inmate classification. Gang members, w ho support the change in penal philosophy, must be given the 24