For many of his years inside Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, Jayvee carried an unspoken weight. He knew he wasn’t eligible for Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) just yet, and his path to earning a sentence reduction seemed distant. But when he volunteered to serve as...
Teacher Ai, a 26-year-old PDL at Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm, never thought of herself as a teacher. She hadn’t completed college, let alone earned a degree in education. Her life had been one of hardships, wrong choices, and unfortunate events that led her to...