On January 2, 1991, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology was created thru Republic ct !9"# as a line Bureau under the $epartment of %nterior and &ocal 'o(ernment) *he Jail Bureau is the upgraded (ersion of its fore runner, the O+ce of Jail Mana gement and Penology of the defunct P-%. P last headed by BR%' '/. rseni o /) oncepcion) s mandated by l aw, the BJMP shall operate under the reorga ni0ed $epartment of the %nterior and &ocal 'o(ernment) tarting from scratch with #personnel in 1991 the BJMP we aned from its mother P-%.P as a mere component, to become a full34edge bureau) $irector harles ) Monde5ar too6 his oath of o+ce on July 1 of 1991 as the 7rst hief of the Bureau) *he Bure au of Jail Management and Penolog y super(ises and contr ols all di strict, city a nd municipal 5ails) Prominent 7gures later succeeded $irector Monde5ar after retirement, J-R 8P* B%&%O ' /& Oct) :1, 199# to Jan) 2, 199!;< J-8P* %&= &8R%O Jan) 2, 199! to July 1:, 199";< J-R 8P* JO8/ ' /. '.O Jul y 1>, 199" to Jun e :, 199?;, P-M '/. @8%&%.O ' JOB JR July ?, 1 99? to March :, 21;) On March :, 21, 8P * R *8RO A &%*, /O %= too6 his oath of o+ce as O+cer3in3harge and was gi(en his directorship ran6 on $ecember 1>, 2: to May 9, 2! as hief of the Bureau) fter &%*, 8P* .*O.%O B%& R8was appointed as O+cer3in3harge on May 9, 2! to $ec #, 2!) 8P* &R%*O '8%RC/M JO=/R , Ph)$) /O =; was later appointed O%on $ecember 1?, 2! to Debruary 2, 2") $%R/*OR RM.$O M &&MR/, $P, ser(ed the bureau as the hief on Debruary 21, 2" until his retirement on March #, 2?) t present, $%R/*OR RO/.$O MORO $%&, /O %%% ser(es as the Jail BureauEs hief)
