The Condition of the Prisoners inside the Provincial Rehabilitation and Reformatory Center Mati City

Abstract

The condition of prisoners in detention or jails was a big issue for correctional facilities nationwide. This study was conducted to determine the condition of the prisoners inside the Provincial Rehabilitation and Reformatory Center in Mati City. The study aimed to determine prisoners’ physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects inside the Davao Oriental Provincial Jail. Descriptive and quantitative methods were used in this study. The sample consisted of N=131 respondents, 116 of whom were detainees and 15 of whom were inmates. It was determined in the respondents’ socio-demographic profile and prisoners’ information that most respondents were 18 to 60 years old; most of the respondents were catholic, 91 were married, and 40 of them were Catholic. All individuals who participated in this study completed secondary education. Among these respondents, 35 finished secondary schooling. Out of the total, 24 individuals achieved a college education, 18 respondents completed elementary school, and one person graduated from college. The overall condition of inmates is excellent, which means that the inmates were very satisfied, and the overall condition of detainees is also excellent, which means that the detainees were very satisfied in the Rehabilitation and Reformatory Center Mati City. Moreover, in comparing the conditions between inmates and detainees. It showed that all the aspects of the condition between inmates and detainees were the same. Hence, this indicated that the condition of inmates and detainees was the same in terms of their physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects.