REPUBLIC ACT 6975

On January 2, 1991, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was created thru Republic Act 6975 as a line   Bureau under the Department of Interior and Local Government. The Jail Bureau is the upgraded version of its forerunner, the Office of Jail Management and Penology of the defunct PC/INP.

As mandated by law, the BJMP shall operate under the re-organized  Department of  the  Interior  and  Local Government.

THE BJMP CARAGA REGION

With the creation of Caraga Region, BJMP-Caraga was subsequently established in August of 1995, and has since then serving our brethren behind bars for the past nineteen years.

The logo represents BJMP-Caraga, depicting representations of the wealth of the region, particularly in the aspects of agriculture, aquatic resources, mining and its human resources.

HISTORY OF CARAGA REGION

Region 13 was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 7901 which was enacted on February 23, 1995. The name CARAGA accordingly finds its root from the word “Calagan” or “Kalagan” which refers to a group of people believed to be Visayan in origin that occupied the northeastern part of Mindanao. Calagan comes from the word “Kalag” – meaning soul or people, “an” – meaning land. This group of people is known in history as treacherous and fearless people, and thus their land has often been referred by chronicles as land of brave and fierce people. For the BJMP however, this is the “Land of Brave, Friendly and Peace-Centered Force”.