Live Breaking News & Updates on Tacloban City The Department Of Justice Parole And Probation Administration Doj Ppa Regional Office In Eastern Visayas Has Urged Eligible Residents To Apply As Volunteer Assistants Director Rosana Solite Said Only 35 Officers Regionwide With About 500 Volunteers Current Workforce Is Not Enough Considering That More Than 4

TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Justice-Parole and Probation Administration (DOJ-PPA) Regional Office in Eastern Visayas has urged eligible residents to apply as volunteer probation assistants. DOJ-PPA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Rosana Solite said the regional office has only 35 probation officers regionwide with about 500 volunteers. The current workforce is not enough considering that the office has more than 4,400 clients either probationers or parolees in six provinces of the region. "This makes our probation officers loaded with work. In fact, we have one office where there are only three officers handling 200 cases. We have been working double time because we are only given 60 days by the court to complete the report if the clients will be granted with probation or not," Solite said in an interview on Friday. If there are instances that the probation officer fails to submit reports on time, the DOJ-PPA usually seeks court permission for an extension. Presidenti ....

Philippines General , Rosana Solite , Regional Office , Department Of Justice , Probation Administration , Philippine News Agency , Eastern Visayas , Visayas Regional Director Rosana Solite , Volunteer Probation Aides , Philippine News , Tacloban City The Department Of Justice Parole And Probation Administration Doj Ppa Regional Office In Eastern Visayas Has Urged Eligible Residents To Apply As Volunteer Assistants Director Rosana Solite Said Only 35 Officers Regionwide With About 500 Volunteers Current Workforce Is Not Enough Considering That More Than 4 , 400 Clients Either Probationers Or Parolees In Six Provinces Of The Region Quot This Makes Our Probation Officers Loaded With Work Fact , E Have One Office Where There Are Only Three Officers Handling 200 Cases We Been Working Double Time Because Given 60 Days By The Court To Complete Report If Clients Will Be Granted With Probation Or Not , Uot Solite Said In An Interview On Friday If There Are Instances That The Probation Officer Fails To Submit Reports Time , He Doj Ppa Usually Seeks Court Permission For An Extension Presidential Decree No 968 Allows The Employment Of Volunteer Probation Aides Vpa Tasked To Assist Provincial Or City Officers In Supervision Probationers Administrator May Appoint Citizens Good Reputations Act As They Will Not Receive Any Regular Compensation Services Except Fora Reasonable Travel Allowance Standing Community And Parole Several , Nd Conditional Pardonees In Their Respective Communities Quot Since They Reside The Same Community As Client , Hey Can Usher In The Reformation And Rehabilitation Of Clients Hands On , Uot Solite Told The Philippine News Agency More Than Half Of Doj Ppa Clients Face Drug Related Cases Under Plea Bargaining Framework , Ollowed By Persons Who Committed Crimes Against , Hen Those Who Are Facing Charges For Crimes Against Property Although There Is Manpower Constraint , Olite Said For The Entire Region , Hey Only Have Less Than One Percent Revocation Rate Quot We Are Proud That Because Means Our Clients Complaint And They Following The Conditions Of Their Probation Parole , Uot The Official Added Doj Ppa Isa Government Agency Responsible For Providinga Less Costly Alternative To Imprisonment Of First Time Offenders Who Are Likely Respond Individualized Community Based Treatment Programs Pna ,