Last December 6 & 7, all three branches of the Philippine government gathered together to unlock solutions to jail and prison overcrowding during National Decongestion Summit spearheaded by the Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC).
Our Chief Consultant, Dr. Raymund Narag presented his ongoing research that laid the framework of discussions for the summit. He introduced the analytical framework of CITO: Capacity is a function of Input, throughput and output. Simply put, if there is an unrestricted input, delayed throughput, and limited output, jails and prisons will be congested. To reverse the situation, input must be minimized, throughput must be fastracked, and output must be maximized.
Our Executive Director, Ms. Tessie Gomez, presented our Community Bail Bond Program and the challenges encountered in the bail process.
The summit is a game changer with the concerned stakeholders sitting at one table and working toward a unified direction of decongesting places of detention and improving the PDL living conditions. A great step towards unlocking solutions to jail and prison overcrowding.
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