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00:00Hoping for a free time, that is the goal of the skills training held by Quezon City LGU and a hotel in Persons Deprived of Liberty in Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory.
00:12First news, Niko Wahe.
00:15At the same time of serving the sentence of PDL or Persons Deprived of Liberty,
00:23it is also possible for them to continue their dreams.
00:32Len, her real name is not known, has been in prison for 3 years here in Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory.
00:40Her life really changed when she was imprisoned because of the case of syndicated staffer.
00:45She was worried that if she will be released, will she still be able to find a job?
00:50More than you know, if a person is in prison and he is released, it is hard for them to get a job right away.
00:59So in order for her to not go back to zero, she joined the training of PDL of Basic Housekeeping Skills,
01:07a project of LGU of Quezon City and a hotel in Lungsod.
01:11We built an exact replica of a hotel room inside the facility so that when they train for 100 hours, they can also practice the skills.
01:20So that's how we wanted. But the end goal is for us, once they graduate, we want to offer the employment,
01:28the opportunity to work in the hotel as housekeeping room attendant.
01:33Successfully completed the skills training in basic housekeeping.
01:38Yesterday, she was one of 41 PDLs who graduated from the program.
01:43If they are released, they will have a lot of space in the hotel and LGU to work.
01:49All they need to do is to take an exam in TESDA so that they can get an NC2 certificate and they can work.
01:56Even now, I'm equipped with skills and techniques that I learned here in the basic housekeeping training.
02:03Leia is also one of the graduates, but she was released in October. She was imprisoned for four years.
02:11That's the beginning. That's the beginning of a new life, of a change that should no longer exist.
02:22The program of LGU and the private sector is to lower the number of PDLs who were released,
02:29but returned to prison in the same case, or the repeat offenders here in the Quezon City Jail Female Dormitory.
02:36Here in FD, there are only a few recidivism, maybe 10% or below.
02:43So compared to our national statistics, in Metro Manila itself, in CR, the difference is big.
02:50Our regular average is 30%.
02:54The city will penalize establishments that do not accept a skilled worker, a qualified worker,
03:00just because that person had a history that they didn't like.
03:05That's prohibited in Quezon City. As you know, we are a very inclusive city.
03:35For live UN video, visit www.un.org