“Enhancing Reintegration: The Role of Prisonbased Aftercare Programs in Supporting Persons Deprived of Liberty in Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of Cabarroguis, Quirino”

This qualitative descriptive study focused on recognizing and understanding the learned and experienced aftercare programs of PDLs, the effects of aftercare programs in their social, economic, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspect, the challenges they faced upon reintegration, and some coping mechanisms of persons deprived of liberty or PDLs of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Cabarroguis, Quirino. An in-depth interview guide was utilized to gather data for the study. There are three (3) PDLs consented as participants; the results revealed that the lack of supervision in their newfound freedom allowed them to choose whether to apply these programs. The participants also expressed the different effects of the aftercare programs on their daily lives, regarding various aspects. On the other hand, the challenges they faced in applying the aftercare programs and upon reintegration revealed that there are both positive and negative impacts on their lives. In addition, the coping mechanism of the penal graduate in dealing with those challenges they faced had a significant role in their life as they continue to live and hope for the future.

Aftercare programs, Persons deprived

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