Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Livelihood Program in Valenzuela City Jail

Abstract

Livelihood is a tool in the present practical society for humans to survive and have a source of sustainable living as they are a citizen of the ever-changing and challenging world. It serves as a source of income for every individual to continue their lives and get the necessities they need to live. Programs such as the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Livelihood Program can be successful in transitioning inmates from the prison to the workforce to enable them to grow and develop themselves even as they stay in the prison. Through these programs, inmates may also learn valuable employability skills that may translate to opportunities for employment upon their release to sustain themselves and even their families and have a reformed life that is different from their life before they entered prison. This study will scale the effectiveness of the implementation of the BJMP Valenzuela Livelihood Program to know what are the things to work on and the strengths and weaknesses of the program to reform people and provide persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) with skills and learning that will be useful for them. The researchers utilized the descriptive narrative method in this study. The descriptive narrative method of the research survey will be used to identify and analyze the assessment of the respondents about the level of implementation of the BJMP Livelihood Program in Valenzuela City Jail. The researchers utilized the following instruments to gather the needed data. The researchers first used questionnaires as the instrument of data collection. Second, the researchers conducted an oral interview to gain additional knowledge, especially on the respondents, and emphasize the factors involved. Third, the researchers conducted a focus group discussion, which is another source of important data. Fourth, the researcher used books, magazines, newspapers, Internet sources, and theses to develop the concept and contents of the study. The respondents were described according to different demographic profiles. A total of 80% of the respondents are from the age range of 42–50 years old. A total of 100% of the respondents were male, 100% were married, and 100% are M.A. graduates. The respondents regarded the implementation of the BJMP Livelihood Program in Valenzuela City Jail in terms of the PDLs’ welfare impact, PDL supervision, and personnel security as moderately effective. The respondents regarded the problems encountered that affect the implementation of the BJMP Livelihood Program in Valenzuela City as moderately serious. The results of the study can be used by the jail management to develop and come up with other innovative and significant programs and activities to further increase the effectiveness of livelihood programs for regeneration in the PDL’s life in returning to the community