The Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) has digitized its data base to speed up its work on vital information on convicted offenders who are under the government’s probation or parole system.

The PPA, an agency under the Department of Justice (DOJ), said its information systems were launched last Friday, July 22, as part of its 46th founding anniversary celebration.

“To achieve the mission and vision of the Agency and to keep up with the current trend of utilizing digital infrastructure in obtaining vital information, the PPA conceptualized and proposed the digitization of its client database,” it said in a statement.

“The said information systems were developed to improve the public service delivery of the PPA through reduced time in report preparation in investigation and supervision; consistent monitoring of the status of cases handled by the field officers; efficient identification of rehabilitation programs participated in by the clients and sustainable maintenance of case history of clients for easier retrieval of case records,” it said.

It said the information systems were developed through its Case Management and Records Division (CMRD).

These information systems include lnvestigation and Supervision of Parole and Executive Clemency lnformation System (ISPECIS), Probation lnformation System (PlS), Parole and Probation Case Management lnformation System (PPCMIS), Performance Monitoring and Evaluation lnformation System (PMEIS), and Human Resource Management and Development lnformation System (HRMDIS), it added.

It said it has currently “114,107 active supervision cases while 104,608 investigation cases were handled from January to December 2021.”

“On the other hand, the Agency was able to handle a total of 505,790 supervision cases from 1978 to 2021,” it cited.

Established under Presidential Decree No. 968 or the Probation Law of 1976, the PPA’s task is “to conserve and/or redeem convicted offenders and prisoners who are under the probation or parole system.”