Authors :
Jean Percel Bitoca – Degollado
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 5 - May
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6609444
Abstract :
Equality is a concept for everyone it is to be
enjoyed not just by the free man but also the unfree ones.
This concept involves equality to health care services,
wherein it is not very well observed in the world of the
unfree. Rule 25 of Nelson Mandela rules, iterates that
every prison shall have in place a health-care service that
evaluates, promotes, protects and improve not just the
physical but also the mental health of prisoners. The aim
of this study is to trace the procedures and programs of
the Provincial Jails in handling PDLs exhibiting mental
incapacity as part of their institutional preparedness. This
research is quantitative research and descriptive in
design, it has used frequency distribution as the statistical
treatment. (1) Conduct of Psychological evaluation of
Persons deprived of liberty before commitment to the
facility, (2) presence of psychologist and psychiatrist, (3)
Separate portion in the facility intended for the
psychological, psychiatric evaluation room; (4) Intended
portion or cell in the facility for housing PDLs exhibiting
untoward behavior caused by mental disability, until
further decision for transfer to a proper mental health
facility, (5) In-house Counselling program for PDLs who
are in need of help to vent out their situation; are among
the programs and procedures of the Provincial Jails that
are marked as “not implemented”. While (1) Risk
assessment or evaluation is conducted for the PDLs to
measure their risk level from the time of the commitment,
(2) Conduct of Training on Disability Assessment for
Provincial Jail Personnel. Doctors and Nurses shall be
given proper training on disability assessment, (3)
Conduct of seminars like stress management seminar for
inmate’s awareness, (4) Facilitate stress debriefing to
address inmate’s trauma; are among the programs and
procedures that are seen to be “partially implemented”.
With the results from the data gathered and those
programs and procedures marked as “not implemented”,
it could be concluded that Provincial Jails still lacks
preparedness and still needs further policy construction
when it comes to handling persons deprived of liberty
with mental incapacity.
Equality is a concept for everyone it is to be
enjoyed not just by the free man but also the unfree ones.
This concept involves equality to health care services,
wherein it is not very well observed in the world of the
unfree. Rule 25 of Nelson Mandela rules, iterates that
every prison shall have in place a health-care service that
evaluates, promotes, protects and improve not just the
physical but also the mental health of prisoners. The aim
of this study is to trace the procedures and programs of
the Provincial Jails in handling PDLs exhibiting mental
incapacity as part of their institutional preparedness. This
research is quantitative research and descriptive in
design, it has used frequency distribution as the statistical
treatment. (1) Conduct of Psychological evaluation of
Persons deprived of liberty before commitment to the
facility, (2) presence of psychologist and psychiatrist, (3)
Separate portion in the facility intended for the
psychological, psychiatric evaluation room; (4) Intended
portion or cell in the facility for housing PDLs exhibiting
untoward behavior caused by mental disability, until
further decision for transfer to a proper mental health
facility, (5) In-house Counselling program for PDLs who
are in need of help to vent out their situation; are among
the programs and procedures of the Provincial Jails that
are marked as “not implemented”. While (1) Risk
assessment or evaluation is conducted for the PDLs to
measure their risk level from the time of the commitment,
(2) Conduct of Training on Disability Assessment for
Provincial Jail Personnel. Doctors and Nurses shall be
given proper training on disability assessment, (3)
Conduct of seminars like stress management seminar for
inmate’s awareness, (4) Facilitate stress debriefing to
address inmate’s trauma; are among the programs and
procedures that are seen to be “partially implemented”.
With the results from the data gathered and those
programs and procedures marked as “not implemented”,
it could be concluded that Provincial Jails still lacks
preparedness and still needs further policy construction
when it comes to handling persons deprived of liberty
with mental incapacity.
