Baseline Study on the Philippine Penal Conditions: Nurturing o Human Rights Bosed Approach to Penal Management ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ The overall body of work of the inmates must be continually assessed. This shall form the basis for reclassification of inmates and transfer to lower levels of housing security. Inmates may apply for recla ssification of their housing placement upon completion of the programs designated in t he Inmate Rehabilitation Plan. The re-classification of inmates must be based purely on merit. This suggests th at the old practice of creating a list of inmates to be transferred t o a different housing unit and requiring inmates to pay a bribe in order to be removed from the list must be done away with. Additionally, the creat ion of certification of participation and good conduct must be based on documentary evidence. The old practice of providing certifications based on personal memory, a practice susceptible to abuse, needs to be eradicated. Inmates successfully completing the requirements of the college degree in the Medium Security Compound of the New Bil ibid Prison 36