College Education Behind Bars In Davao City Jail Resume In-Person Classes

Posted on January 23, 2023 by admin
With the COVID-19 raging, many institutions are putting their trust in vaccines and tried and true mitigations strategies to bring students back to campus this school year 2023-2024. Unfortunately, the pandemic also affected our PDL students access to face-to-face classes in Jail during the Pandemic. Because government mandates suspended visitation, interrupting the instruction of in-person courses. We used Module based instruction during the Pandemic, but students are very happy that resume classes in person. We thank to BJMP regional director CSUPT Isabelo V Cartin Jr for believing education is a great way to rehabilitate our PDLS and the Bestway to reintegrated main society. JCINSP Erwin B.ESDEN , Davao city Jail Annex Warden went over security protocol for our teachers.
College Education Behind Bars has become a gateway to social and economic mobility and has played a major role in the transformation of so many Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL).

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A Heartfelt Letter of Appreciation for Helping a Woman Make Lasting Changes

Posted on January 1, 2023 by admin

From to time, we like to share letters written by the men and women in our College Education Behind Bars Program. Our goal is to provide education helps break the cycle , connecting PDLs students with the kinds of opportunities and insights that enables to help themselves , their families and their communities . For  those in our program  so that they leave Prison or Jail  and never come back. This letter was written to College Education Behind Bars founder Dr. Aland Mizell and Co-founder Attorney Susan Cariaga  I would like to start by saying how truly blessed I am to have met all of you. I am truly grateful for the College Education Behind Bars  program. It has transformed my life on a level that I never thought was possible. When I started the program, you saw something in me that I did not see in myself at the time. It's kind of funny when I look back on the past few years and reflect on my experiences while in College Education Behind Bars . For this I will be forever grateful and will carry the benefits of your efforts forward into my life outside the prison walls as you have made my experience one of correction rather than imprisonment.There is not a day that goes by where I do not think of you guys. You have a special place in my heart forever. Please read the rest of the letter

Brion Christmas Greeting

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College Education Behind Bars: Shattering Stereotypes and Bringing Hope to Many Lives

Posted on January 1, 2023 by admin

One of the most pressing issues of our time is the failure to provide meaningful rehabilitation for many Filipinos living behind bars. Many men and women who are incarcerated in jails and prisons did not have access to education. But now, Many PDLs at the DAPECOL have access to College Education inside prison.That access is largely due to the Social Entrepreneurship, Technology, Business Institute (SETBI) initiative, a rigorous and effective prison education program for inmates. More than 45 alumni of College Education Behind Bars have been released. but zero percent have gone back, an extremely low recidivism rate. Last week, Mozo, Cale, and Brion, three more IT students, passed their final theses in spite of challenges. Brion spent seven years in the Davao City female jail while waiting for her sentence, and she was sentenced in twenty-five years in prison, but because she enrolled in College Education Behind Bars and exhibited good behavior, the good conduct time allowance rules inside prison reduced her sentence, and she expects to be released soon having finished her BS in Information Technology from the University of Southern Philippines. This extraordinary achievement puts a human face on the Philippine criminal justice crisis and reveals the lives often erased from public view. If there are more opportunities than obstacles inside jails and prisons, many PDL can successfully be rehabilitated, reformed, and transformed into members of society. Their success is about opportunity and equity, and an important reminder that we can never underestimate the transformative power of education -- and the hope it can bring for a second chance. Brion explains that the College Education has guided her into “becoming a better citizen” and an understanding that she has a role to play in her community despite being incarcerated. College Education Behind Bars can also provide a learning opportunity for those reading about its success that might change their life and the paths they choose after seeing what these inmates have learned by pursuing an education.

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Minority Care International MCI donates Computer to DAPECOL Education and training section

Posted on December 1, 2022 by admin

The Minority Care International (MCI) has donated laptop to the DAPECOL to be used for education of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).

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Dr. Mizell and Attorney Susan Cariaga visited Mr. Serafin P. Barreto Jr, Undersecretary for Public Safety

Posted on November 21, 2022 by admin

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Dr. Mizell was a resource person at PCIJ’s forum on prison reform on Nov. 15, 2022

Posted on November 20, 2022 by admin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mizell was  among one of  panel of discussants on prison reform in the in the Philippines . He  presented his insights and proposals for policy reform in the Philippine prison system. Dr. Mizell  also talked more about the College Education Behind Bars in Davao City. There is indeed much to learn from this program. PCIJ, in partnership with American Bar Association ABA-ROLI, hold a forum in Nov. 15, 2022, on the rights of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in jails and detention facilities in the Philippines and what is the best the way to reform the prison system and reduce the recidivism and congesting rate. Participants from the academe, civil society, and government joined the culminating activity of PCIJ’s Prison Reporting Projects titled ;” Life inside ; Confronting the humanitarian Crisis in the Philippines Jails and Prisons.” PCIJ enlisted experienced journalist in different parts of the country to report on the conditions of PDLS in various jails and prisons. Continue reading →

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SETBI College Education Behind Bars Receives Awards From BJMP

Posted on November 2, 2022 by admin

Davao City , Philippines — SETBI College Education Behind Bars  received awards during the 31st anniversary of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) on Aug. 25,  for its work in given people who are incarcerated the ability to take College Degree  High school diploma and recovery programs to prepare them for re-entry into main society. The CEBB is given those incarcerated a chance to expand their minds and explore their opportunities once they return to their communities. That’s critical to their success going froward , and we applaud these efforts. CEBB partnered with University of Southeastern Philippine and Davao Del Norte State College provide four year college degree courses to students incarcerated in Davao City Jail and DAPECOL prison. The program helps address the problem of mass incarceration and recidivism rate by giving students the academic and professional opportunity they need to success when they reenter communities

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Message of Philippines Vice President Sara Z. Duterte on College Education Behind Bars in Davao City Jail and DAPECOL Prison.

Posted on October 23, 2022 by admin

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Minority Care International (MCI) Celebrated the Graduation Ceremony of Batch 2022

Posted on October 19, 2022 by admin

This Milestone is enormous, and we know it has been long- awaited. Despite a global pandemic, uncertainty in the job market, and the transition to a virtual reality, despite the shifts in your academic and personal lives, you have made it. you completed school during a global pandemic. I know your life was disrupted. I know there was added stress. I know, it was hard for you to get access to internet or looking for computer to do your research. I know there was uncertainty. Despite these challenges, or more accurately because of them, you are stronger. You are a stronger student having tested yourself. you have overcome the unexpected and persevered. You are a stronger person finding the ingenuity and resolution you did not know you had it before . Honoring your future, self, and those who have always believed in you, you stayed the course and crossed the finish line on your own feet. Having gotten to know you over the  years has enriched my life. It has been an honor to see you grow personally and professionally while being MCI scholar. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be a part of your journey

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Davao Prison and Penal Farm PDLs  1st graduation ceremony held inside Davao Prison and Penal Farm( DAPECOL) July 15, 2022

Posted on July 20, 2022 by admin

There is no resource more powerful than an education, where people can gain new skills and learn new perspectives,” one Bureau of Corrections – BuCor official said. A group of incarcerated students at the DAPECOL began a new chapter of their lives   on July15th 2022 after graduation with their Senior High Diploma. “ Today, an education to me, means freedom, forgiveness, accountability, , and opportunity.” One of the graduates, said during the ceremony.  The opportunity to show that we are not our worst decisions,” one of the student added.Obtaining diploma in a prison setting through a partner like College Education Behind Bars , Thompsons Christian School, SETBI is an opportunity for incarcerated people to have a true second chance. Their accomplishment has a positive effect on the other People of Deprived Liberty ( PDLS ), their friends, families, and communities. An because of this, we strongly believe that a college education behind bars is about breaking the cycle of incarceration and reduce the recidivism rate , and decongesting Prison population. While some argue incarcerated people do not deserve a second chance because of the crimes they committed but we believe education is the key to create a healing environment both inside and outside prison walls. The public should know that education behind bars isn’t a free pass to wipe their slates clean. It is an acknowledgement that they have to change their lives to be accountable , and education is that allows them to do that. Big  Congratulation to PDLS, Davao Prison Penal Farm superintendent, education department officers, Thompson Christian School teachers, President of SETBI Dr. Aland Mizell, Vice President Attorney Susan Cariaga .

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