Manila City Jail launches 2 livelihood projects for former inmates

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The Manila City Jail Male Dorm has launched two new projects providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for former Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) who are seeking to rebuild their lives post-incarceration.

The Manila City Jail Male Dorm has launched two new projects providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for former Persons Deprived of Liberty who are seeking to rebuild their lives post-incarceration.The first project, "Kariton ng Bagong Buhay at Pag-asa," provides kariton or food carts made by current inmates. Three former prisoners were given kariton with cooking equipment and ingredients they could use to start selling food.

"I call upon the national government and the Congress, the Senate, to institutionalize, to put into law the institutionalization the aftercare, the livelihood program for PDLs, drug offenders para mabigyan talaga sila ng second chance in life," Judge Taylor said. "Because these people, just like us, we're all flawed. But if you give them a chance and if you give them hope, magbabago po talaga sila.

 

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