The Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) is an agency of the Department of Justice that provides a less costly alternative to imprisonment of persons deprived of liberty who are likely to respond to individualized community-based treatment programs. Probation Administration was founded by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 968, commonly known as "The Probation Law of 1976”. Executive Order No. 58-07-2015. 292, The Administrative Code of 1987, was promulgated on November 23, 1989, the Probation Administration was renamed to Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) and given the added function of supervising persons who after serving part of their sentence in penal institutions are released on parole and pardon with parole conditions (Parole
