M E S S A G E

The Parole and Probation Administration, the primary community corrections agency of the government, has been challenged to do more with less. And it seems like an insurmountable task for us all to face the growing caseloads coupled with the pandemic and the natural disasters plaguing the country, and the dwindling resources.

Budgetary resources and restraints forced us to look for more creative ways of managing our caseloads in the face of financial and human capital deficits.

Our ideal of providing our probationers, parolees and pardonees with individualized treatment in the community needs to be pursued and rationalized in keeping with our mandate. While we have achieved our goals of establishing a more enlightened and humane correctional system and of providing a less costly alternative to the imprisonment of offenders, we need to further promote the social reintegration and prevent the commission of offenses by our clients.

Thankfully, recent developments in research and evidence-based studies have given us insights and models to explore effective community corrections principles. Further, advances in computer hardware and software applications and technology gradually afforded us more efficient ways of doing things.

In fact, we are ecstatic about the prospects of the coming year when we are scheduled to implement noteworthy reforms in treatment and rehabilitation, management of caseloads, process improvements, and enhancement of staff competencies.

Thus, what we really need are more efficient people who will implement more efficient work strategies that work and not more people doing more of the same.

 

So far, this year we have all been patient and persevering towards this end and it will not be long for us to see next year the fruits of our labor in the service of our public.

Thank you all for the cooperation and trust to the top management in all our endeavors this year. It made all our jobs easier, manageable and more fulfilling.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!!!

 

ALLAN B. ALCALA
OIC Deputy Administrator
Regional Director-PPA Region 1