Introduction to Corrections

It is the study of punishment of crime or of criminal offenders.

"poena" means

The fourth pillar of the Philippine Criminal Justice System

• Community

• Correction

• Court

• Prosecution

It is concerned with the custody, supervision and rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

• Prisons

• Jails

• Corrections

• Correctional Facility

John Augustus

Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise

He founded the Irish system, prisoners progressed through three stages of confinement before they were returned to civilian life.

• Father of American Parole in the United States.

He advocated of the cottage reformatory for juvenile offenders

He is known as the Father of Parole