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Steps in Prison Reintegration

The document outlines a social reintegration plan for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) upon their release from prison. It discusses 3 key steps: 1) prison-based interventions like skills development, education, and health programs to prepare PDLs; 2) surveillance programs by probation to monitor and support PDLs; and 3) continuing assistance programs by government agencies and NGOs to help PDLs with employment, housing, treatment, and meeting with victims. The goal is to help PDLs overcome challenges and become productive members of society to improve public safety.

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Steps in Prison Reintegration

The document outlines a social reintegration plan for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) upon their release from prison. It discusses 3 key steps: 1) prison-based interventions like skills development, education, and health programs to prepare PDLs; 2) surveillance programs by probation to monitor and support PDLs; and 3) continuing assistance programs by government agencies and NGOs to help PDLs with employment, housing, treatment, and meeting with victims. The goal is to help PDLs overcome challenges and become productive members of society to improve public safety.

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Website: www.unp.edu.ph; http://collegeofcriminaljusticeeducationandsocialwork.yolasite.

com/ Mail:
Tel. No. 0917-825-9279/0935-208-0840

Name : Jessie James V Wacangan


Subject : Transnational Crimes
Assignment : Beyond the Prison Wall
Date : March 25, 2021

Social Reintegration Plan

Social reintegration is regularly perceived as the help given to Persons Deprived of


Liberty (PDLs) during their reentry into society following detainment. PDLs released from
correctional institutions are confronted by a range of social, economic and personal challenges
that becomes obstacles to a crime-free lifestyle upon release from prison. Some of these
challenges are due to the past experiences inside and outside the prison wall. Some PDLs have a
history of social marginalization, physical or emotional abuse, poor employment and
involvement in criminal lifestyle that started at an early age. Other PDLs often faced with
physical and health disabilities that may be related from their lifestyle prior their incarceration or
acquired while inside prison. Hereunder are some of the steps or programs to be undertaken for a
more successful reintegration of PDLs into the society.

1. Prison-based Intervention – these programs begin upon the incarceration of a PDL,


correction facilities should be equipped with tools, programs and facilities that would
assist PDLs in preparing for their release from their confinement by helping them acquire
skill sets required to succeed in the community, addressing personal challenges and
factors that are attributed to their criminal behavior and establishing the necessary
connections and rebuild relationship in their community and family. These are some of
the following programs:

a. Skills Development – is crucial in a PDLs reintegration in the society, in order for


them to be a productive member of the society, PDLs should be given set of skill that
would be beneficial to them economically and would be beneficial to the society as a
whole. PDLs will be equipped with basic technical skills in coordination with
TESDA such as automotive mechanic repair, basic computer skills, butchery,
carpentry and the like.
b. Education – Admittedly, most PDLs were undergrads or haven’t even reached
secondary level of education, this is one of the many factors that contributes to a
PDLs low self-esteem and anti-social behavior. Lack or insufficient educational
background for them, is somewhat a hindrance for them to look for a better job and
make it as an excuse to engage in criminal activities. By helping them finish or even
reintroduce them in the pleasure of education, we could boost their confidence to
engage in a more meaningful endeavors and work possibilities.
c. Moral and Spiritual Program – The correction facility should identify volunteers or
family members as mentors to the PDLs. They will be trained to offer moral,
emotional and practical support to the PDLs. This in turn will be beneficial to our
PDLs’ wholistic development, decreasing the probability of them engaging in
criminal activities upon their release. This program is based on the notion that “no
man is an island”, that everyone, including PDLs needs support from others.
d. Health and wellness – Correction facilities should be equipped with better medical
facilities and to routinely check the wellness of all PDLs, it is one of their inherent
rights after all, the right to medical and health services. One of the key factors that
poses a great challenge to PDLs upon their release is their physical and mental health.
PDLs are often faced with employment and societal troubles if they are unwell.

2. Surveillance-based Programs – This program is centered in the offenders following


their release into the society. The Parole and Probation Administration of the Philippines
should be empowered and expanded to include other agencies (e.g., DSWD, LEAs, DAR,
TESDA, CHeD, etc.) that could provide salient man-power and resources to closely
monitor the released PDLs. They will be supervising the PDLs’ reintegration process in
the society and should provide necessary support or action to improve the PDLs
reintegration. A study shows that PDLs that are well managed and supervised could be
assets to the community. The group should also focus on the eradication of the prison
stigma. This approach is based on a Canadian study that claims that PDLs are
stigmatized, and that this stigma, rather than any inherent criminal
tendencies/dangerousness, that makes them more likely to commit crimes.

3. Continuing Assistance Program – An institution or group of Government Agencies


should be established together with NGOs or help groups to further assist ex-PDLs to
make realistic plans and make it happen. They will be tasked to identify available
resources to the PDLs in relation to their employment, housing, livelihood or other
matters pertaining to their transition/reintegration. They will help ex-PDLs’ need to find
treatment for their mental illness, addictions, medical conditions and so forth.

Realistically, reintegration is difficult while the harms caused by the PDLs are not
addressed, so it is a necessity to create a group of skilled personnel/facilitators to provide
and organized restorative meetings between the offender and the victims, a herculean task
indeed, but would be greatly beneficial to both offenders and victims.

In conclusion, there are a number of PDLs that returns to prison at some point in the
future, by having an effective re-integration program that incentivizes ex-PDLs to become a
better member of the society is essential to public safety. While the reality still exist that there is
a great barrier in the successful re-entry of ex-PDLs and second chances, the concerted effort of
the government and the society will be immensely facilitate in overcoming this hurdle in the life
of a PDL.

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