CIRCULAR
NO. 4-92
TO: ALL
JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT COURTS,
METROPOLITAN
TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS,
MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS AND SHARI’A CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS
SUBJECT:
TRANSFER OF NATIONAL PRISONERS TO THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS IN
MUNTINLUPA,
METRO MANILA.
It has come to the
attention of the Supreme Court that some judges refuse to issue mittimuses
for the transfer of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for more than
one
[1] year to the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, for
the reason that their cases are on appeal.cralaw:red
For this purpose,
prisoners detained at provincial and municipal jails and sentenced by
lower
courts to prison terms exceeding one [1] year, whether or not they have
appealed, are considered national prisoners.cralaw:red
In order to decongest
provincial, city and municipal jails, and to effect better control and
supervision over national prisoners, all trial judges concerned are
hereby
directed to issue the corresponding mittimuses or commitment orders of
national prisoners immediately after their conviction so that they may
be remitted or transferred to the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa,
Metro Manila.cralaw:red
January 14, 1992.
[Sgd.]
JOSUE
N. BELLOSILLOCourt
Administrator
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