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Developing a christian re-entry program for Filipino women inmates at the Antipolo City Jail.

Irene S. Yang

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Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)

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English

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Description / Abstract

This paper aims to develop a re-entry program for Filipino women inmates. The concern is that inmates will one day possibly be released from the correctional facility and re-enter the society. In order for them not to recidivate, it would be best to prepare them for a new life by offering them programs inside the facility that will transform and equip them for life outside the facility. The researcher collaborated with some non-government organizations that minister to the prison and jail inmates. It is through the help of these organizations that the researcher was able to gain access to some correctional facilities such as the Correctional Institution for Women, Lumbia City Jail and Antipolo City Jail to gather data from released women inmates and women inmates respectively. From the oral and written interviews, the research discovered that the majority of women inmates committed crimes related to drugs due to economic reasons. Another discovery is about the issues that women inmates perceive to face and have faced upon release. These include financial, socio-emotional, and family issues. However, even though family issues topped the list, it was not a great concern because Filipinos are by nature relational and have close family ties. Therefore, the families of those released women inmates supported them upon their return to society. The research then conducted both personal interviews and focus group discussions to find out what kind of re-entry programs inmates wish the correctional facilities to offer in order to help them re-enter society with a new life and new hope. The focus group discussion also helped the researcher find out what kind of teaching approaches women inmates prefer. The researcher designed a re-entry program integrating theology and psychology teaching biblical truths and livelihood and personality development. The program consists of 16 sessions. The first eight sessions employed the approach of lecture and interactive discussion with sharing of personal experiences. The second eight sessions employed an approach that allows the women inmate participants to exercise their reasoning abilities. The process started by letting the women inmate participants to exercise their reasoning abilities. The process started by letting the women inmates acknowledge their human weaknesses followed by learning about God’s standards. Finally, the women inmates considered the reasons for following God’s standards and the resulting benefits one can gain from abiding by them. The program concluded with an evaluation of the program, the pedagogical approach, and the teacher. All of the women inmates find the program very helpful in transforming their lives through God’s Word and in developing practical life skills through the livelihood and personality development curriculum. The lecture, interactive discussion, and reasoning approaches were also very helpful in making the learning process meaningful to the women inmates. The women inmates also described the researcher-teacher as not only a good teacher but also a good friend and sister who understands and shares in their sentiments.