Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines is one of seven operating units of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department of Justice.

[4][5] William Cameron Forbes, in his capacity as Secretary of Commerce and Police (1904–1909), conceived of the Palawan penal colony following the model of the George Junior Republic.

Under White's rule, the mortality rate due to disease dropped, as the land was drained and sanitation improved.

Barracks, an administration building and parade ground were built, while cash crops and coconut trees were planted.

By the time he departed in Sept. 1908,[6] White stated the 500 convicts lived under "moral constraints" and "interior discipline maintained without guards."

By 1911, with a population over 1,000, Forbes stated "the colonists were allowed to govern themselves – elect their own president and council, or legislature, from among the men who by good conduct and industry had earned promotion to the highest grades.

President Manuel Quezon had authorized Paje use of the prison colony inmates to carry out acts of sabotage and intelligence against the Japanese.

[4] During that time, Iwahig was subdivided into four zones or districts: Central sub-colony with an area of 14,700 hectares (36,000 acres); Sta.

[4] The Iwahig Prison is the subject of the film, Out of Bounds, by the French directors Alexandre Leborgne and Pierre Barougier, France, 2005.