Situation of Children in Conflict with the Law

Alicia R. Bala Undersecretary, DSWD Chairperson, Juvenile Justice & Welfare Council

Multi-Stakeholders Summit on Juvenile Justice September 13, 2007, Davao City

Who is a Child in Conflict with the Law

Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 refers to a CICL as a child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an offense, under 18 years of age.

Profile of Filipino CICL

Mostly male Ages 14-17 years

159 CICL committed their offenses when they were below 15 years old and the youngest was a 9 year old boy
Elementary school level Belong to large and low earning family Some were into drugs and some were under the influenced of alcohol

Source: UNICEF/CWC

Factors that Contribute to Juvenile Delinquency

Poverty Dysfunctional family Peer pressure Lack of education or low educational attainment

TOTAL CICL POPULATION AS REPORTED BY AGENCIES July 30, 2007

REG

DSWD

BJMP

PRO

PROVL JAIL

PPO YOUTH HOMES / CPO

TOTAL

I II III IV-A IV-B V VI

166 50 244 200 15 21 52

40 19 4 80 7 24 31

48 20 31 57 12 12 20

0 5 0 0 24 0 2 24

254 94 279 337 58 57 129

VII VIII IX X XI

179 197 288 135 134 16 64 18 143 76 78

2 0 0 0 0

98

764 169 341 429 373

253 100 271 24

XII NCR CAR CARAGA ARMM BUCOR Total

239 75 17 19

33 312 39 23 8

69 34 34 57 4

11

86 354

438 775 106 112 12 339

0 0 0 13

16

2070

1021

1001

44

13

578

5066

Table 1: As of Dec 2006 REGION I II III IV-A IV-B V VI VII VIII NO OF CICL 276 123 257 418 251 89 416 456 174 DETAINED 179 61 191 309 158 78 257 341 2

Table 2: As of July 2007

NO OF CICL 254

DETAINED 73

94
279 337 58 57 129 764

26
32 111 19 36 31 384

IX X

412 158

302 83

341 429

200 116

XI
XII CARAGA CAR ARMM

478
518 102 102 23

290
377 62 37 23

373
438 112 106 12

89
88 69 53 10

NCR

155

69

775

179

BUCOR
BJMP National CRADLE

355
162 179

355
162 179

339

339

148

148

MOLAVE (QC)
MYRC (Manila) PASAY Youth Home

103
80 10

92
113 53

Operation Second Chance (Cebu City)

NGOS (PREDA, Balay Pasilungan, Marcellin, CFSPI, Virlanie, ASAP, Bahay Pag-asa)

66

254

TOTAL

5297

3176

5066

2030

Fast Facts
As of July 2007, there are 5066 CICL in the country, 164 are females and 4,902 are males or 96.76% 40.86% are under the DSWD and the rest are under the care either of BJMP (20.15%), PNP (19.76%), Bucor (6.69%) LGUs (7.24%), NGOs (4.88%) and under jurisdiction of the courts (0.26%) NCR has the highest rate of CICL incidence followed by Region VII,Region XII, Region X & Region IV-A

Fast Facts
ARMM has the lowest incidence while Batanes is the only province which has no recorded CICL

Longest serving national inmate is now 41 years old and detained at Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (he was 17 yrs old when he committed the offense)

BUCOR, BJMP AND PNP Top 5 Offenses Committed

Theft-691
Robbery-236

Violation of RA 9165- 94

Rape 231
Murder-106

Fast Facts
Thirty six minors have been meted the death penalty since 1994. 2 are now free: 1 acquitted and 1 was released 28 in NBP 3 in MMDJ 1 in CIW 2 in Iwahig

Public Attorneys Office

Cases handled:
End of 2006- 10,988 cases
1st sem 2007 3,259 cases

Total terminated 3,388 cases

Total number of pending cases 10,859

Fast Facts
There are 11 Regional Rehabilitation Centers for Youth operated by DSWD BJMP partnered w/ DSWD-NCR in the operation of CRADLE, which serves CICL, in Taguig.
1,132 jails under BJMP, only 196 have separate facilities for CICL

Fast Facts
Nineteen facilities have been set up by LGUs, four of which are youth detention center Molave MYRC Pasay Youth Home Operation Second Chance There are 43 facilities managed by nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and 22 of which are providing residential shelter to CICL. 21 are purely community based, 3 are both community and residential facilities

Remember...
Minority is the reason why Children
cannot Work, Marry, Enter Into Contract and Join Military Combat

 Even when you dislike a

Childs behavior, never suggest that you dislike

that Child
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Thank you