Davao Penal Colony

Location: Davao Prison and Penal Farm, Sitio Dapecol, Brgy. Tanglaw, Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1956

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

DAVAO PENAL COLONY

ESTABLISHED 21 JANUARY 1932 UNDER ACT 3732 OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE ON A SITE RESERVED BY PROCLAMATION NO. 414 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR-GENERAL DWIGHT F. DAVIS ON 7 OCTOBER 1931; FIRST PENAL COLONY FOUNDED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FILIPINO DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, LT. COL. PAULINO SANTOS. FIRST SUPERINTENDENT, PABLO I. NORONA, LATER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PRISONS. THE OFFICIAL AND PRISONERS OF THE COLONY WERE TRANSFERRED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES TO IWAHIG PENAL COLONY, 8 NOVEMBER 1942; SERVED AS EVACUATION CENTER FOR RESIDENTS OF DAVAO CITY DURING THE EARLY PART OF WORLD WAR II; USED AS CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR; COLONY WAS REOPENED 2 AUGUST 1946.

Pampanga Provincial Jail

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: Pampanga Provincial Jail, San Fernando, Pampanga

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Heritage House

Marker date: 2009

Marker text:

PAMPANGA PROVINCIAL JAIL

IPINATAYO AYON SA DISENYO NI WILLIAM E. PARSONS, 1909. NANATILING BILANGGUAN HANGGANG INOKUPAHAN NG MGA PUWERSANG HAPONES, 1942–1945. IBINIGAY NG ESTADOS UNIDOS SA PAMAHALAAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS BILANG BAHAGI NG PAGTATAPOS NG PAMAHALAANG COMMONWEALTH AT IPINAGPATULOY BILANG BILANGGUAN, 1946. GINAMIT ANG PANGALAWANG PALAPAG BILANG TANGGAPAN NG COURT OF AGRARIAN REFORM AT NG COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, 1960’S–1970’S; NANATILI ANG ARCHIVES SECTION NG COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (NGAYO’Y REGIONAL TRIAL COURT) HANGGANG 1995. HALIMBAWA NG ARKITEKTURA NG MGA PANLALAWIGANG BILANGGUAN NOONG PANAHON NG MGA AMERIKANO.

Kawanihan ng Koreksiyon

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Muntinlupa City
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Prison
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 8 November 2005

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

KAWANIHAN NG KOREKSIYON

ITINATAG BILANG KAWANIHAN NG MGA BILANGGUAN SA ILALIM NG KAGAWARAN NG PAGTUTURONG PAMBAYAN UPANG PANGALAGAAN ANG MGA BILANGGO AT PANGASIWAAN ANG MGA BILANGGUAN AT PAMAYANANG PENAL SA BUONG BANSA, 1 NOBYEMBRE 1905. INILIPAT SA KAGAWARAN NG KATARUNGAN, 1916. PINANGALANG KAWANIHAN NG KOREKSIYON, 1987. UPANG BIGYANG HALAGA ANG GAWAIN NG KAWANIHAN NA PAGBAGUHING-BUHAY ANG MGA BILANGGO UPANG MAGING KAPAKIPAKINABANG NA MAMAMAYTAN NG LIPUNAN.

Iwahig Penal Colony*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (Region IV-B)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Penitentiary

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Resolution No. 6, s. 2004

Marker date: 1954

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

IWAHIG PENAL COLONY

ORIGINALLY NAMED IUHUIT PENAL SETTLEMENT, THIS COLONY WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, 16 NOVEMBER 1904. THE SITE WAS SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF G.N. WOLFE, W.S. LYON AND ARLINGTON POND, CREATED BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OF GOV. GEN. LUKE E. WRIGHT. THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT WAS AN AMERICAN, R.J. SHIELDS. THE EARLY POLICY OF SENDING THE WORST PRISONERS TO THE PLACE WAS ABANDONED AFTER THE MUTINY OF THIRTY-THREE PRISONERS ON 20 SEPTEMBER 1905. PRISONERS OF GOOD CONDUCT WERE SENT AND GIVEN LANDS, TOOLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES AND IN CERTAIN AREAS THEIR FAMILIES WERE ALLOWED TO LIVE WITH THEM.

RAMON VICTORIO, FIRST FILIPINO SUPERINTENDENT, 1921.