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Firewood: The Root Causes of Problems In 1997, when the Jail’s inmate population stood at only 1,400, the number of paper craft workers was at an all-time high of more than 60. This was because paper craft workers could do their work even inside their cell. When the population ballooned to 3,200, the cells became overcrowded, making it very difficult for paper craft workers to do their job there. The beauty parlor, aptly dubbed the Quezon City Jail Beauty Salon, is the project that has the second most number of workers (six). It offers haircut, manicure, pedicure, hot oil, hair curl, and many other services. Most of the workers here are gay inmates. Over all, there are 31 livelihood workers in Quezon City Jail. That is less than 1% of the Jail’s total number of inmates. Livelihood workers earn from a low of P500 to a high of P10,000 every month. Paper craft workers, along with watch repairers, earn the lowest amount at P500. But they say that their earnings are enough to provide for their needs and settle their debts. Beauticians, meanwhile, claim that on the average they earn at least P100 a day or approximately P3,000 a month. Half of these earnings, however, the gay inmates admit, go to their boyfriends. The tailor earns the highest amount at P10,000 every month. The bulk of these profits comes from doing the uniforms of jail personnel. Workers are worried about their income getting smaller every year. They say that this is because of the decrease in their output and in the number of buyers they are able to attract. The number one problem of livelihood workers is the small market and the lack of promoters for their products. The market, at present, is composed of the inmates themselves, the inmates’ visitors, and a few NGO volunteers. To be sure, there have been attempts to sell their products outside the Jail but these efforts unfortunately were not sustained, for one reason or another. Workers also feel threatened by the growing number of recreation facilities, which have been eating up the space allocated for them by the management. As it is, about 75 percent of the total area allocated for them has already been transformed to recreation facilities. Workers feel that the management is not giving them any importance. They find this puzzling because livelihood is considered to be a major component of the Jail’s reformation mission. Moreover, their products have always been a source of pride for Quezon City Jail. “During Foundation Day, our products are always displayed,” points out Narciso Arcilla, a paper craft worker. “Whenever Quezon City Jail is featured on TV or in newspapers, our products are always shown to create a positive image for the Jail.” 59
60 Freedom and Death Inside The Jail lack of PROGRAMS : IMPLICATIONS ON JAIL MANAGEMENT The absence of a sustainable and holistic reformation program in Quezon City Jail runs counter to the core function of BJMP, or of any correctional facility for that matter. Jail experience for inmates, more often than not, is punitive instead of reformative. Loopholes in Police Operations Based on a national survey commissioned by the Supreme Court, only 18% of the accused are eventually found guilty of the charges filed against them. The cases of the 82% are either acquitted, dismissed, or simply archived. Clearly, there is something wrong about the system. This could be traced partly to how the police identify and arrest their suspects. Most inmates complain of warrantless arrests, frame-ups, trump-up charges, patong ng kaso (suspect is charged with bigger offense/s in addition to a minor offense he may or may not have actually committed to ensure he stays behind bars), bribery, and palit-ulo (suspect is arrested in exchange for an inmate’s release). 1. Warrantless arrests. This is very common in drug busting operations. Police officers conduct raids in houses where there are individuals who are suspected of having pot sessions or doing illegal activities. If the individuals turn out to be just having a party, the police officers would admit that they acted merely on a tip received through a “text message” from supposedly concerned citizens. Ex-convicts are also common victims of warrantless arrests. Police officers conveniently apprehend ex-convicts who are residing in an area where the crime is committed. Their jail record makes them the usual suspects. Inmate paralegal coordinators say police officers are sometimes forced to resort to warrantless arrests because the latter are pressured into producing suspects especially when the crime has been sensationalized in the media or when it involves affluent and influential individuals who demand instant retribution. 2. Frame-up charges. This happens when police officers are in cahoots with the complainant. The complainant
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Foreword A Message From The United
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Introduction God granted my prayer.
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Table of Contents Part VII - Boilin
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Acknowledgments June Tuliao, Cris R
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Executive Summary Quezon City Jail
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Recommendations Executive Summary I
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Francis remembers his ordeal that b
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An individual sent to jail is not n
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The Philippine Penal System The pro
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The Philippine Penal System Jail ma
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Page 50 and 51: THE BOILING POT ANALOGY Right off t
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THE FREEDOM ASPECT On a positive no
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Inmates also spend for the food of
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it felt so good I actually cried. S
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sonal gains. But we don’t have a
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Since 1996, classes have been held
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Photo Courtesy of GMA Pot: Empowerm
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leader is not able to contain the g
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Drugs and Liquor Galore While the b
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Pot: Empowerment and Excesses This
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Boiling Pot Analogy: Boiling Water
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Boiling Water: Conflict and Conniva
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Inmates vs Volunteers Some voluntee
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How the Problems of the Students Pa
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No Peace of Mind Despite all the st
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Hardened Criminals Instead of being
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Unique is probably an understatemen
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1987 Constitution of t
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Quezon City Public Attorney’s Off
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Afterword Quezon City Jail but also
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