In line with the Criminology Practicum-Internship Program (on-the-job training) of the Criminal Justice Education Department (CJED) of Liceo de San Jacinto Foundation, Incorporated (LSJFI), 51 of its Criminology interns are being deployed in four partner agencies in San Jacinto, Masbate from July 25 to August 20, 2022 in a rotational basis by group every week. Each group is composed of 12 to 13 members deployed from Monday to Saturday to gain practical/hands-on experience in the field but with limited and regulated time slots in consideration of the pandemic protocols. The four partner offices are Regional Trial Court Branch 50, San Jacinto Fire Station, San Jacinto Municipal Station and San Jacinto District Jail.
The skills being learned in this practicum include a) correction, probation and parole processes b) rehabilitation and reformation processes c) jail head counting, safekeeping and custody, and determination of security measures in connection with these c) inmate escorting and transportation, and demonstration of security measures in connection with these d) visitation procedures and demonstration of security measures in connection with these and e) appreciation and observance of restorative justice and human rights.
The internship deployment is overseen by Dr. Michael M. Balaoro, CJED Dean and Ma. Carmina M. Cantonjos, CJED Assistant Dean.