Yes, three weeks isn’t much. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from the courts, from the jails, from the endless back-and-forth between paper and people—it’s that real change doesn’t wait for grand legislation. It sneaks in through courtroom doors, it sits quietly in sidebars, it speaks in soft voices and small acts.

With hearts full and spirits renewed, the participants of PRESO, Inc.’s Bukas Loob Tungo sa Bagong Pag-asa project gathered once more at the Centro Divino Pastoral Building of the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy—for what would be the culminating session of their five-part reintegration journey.

PRESO, Inc. proudly took part in the 11th Pantalastasan: An International Academic Seminar held on July 9, 2025, at the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City.

Organizationally, many police units survive on the mercy of local governments. Budgets depend on mayors. And when politics holds the purse, the badge becomes a weapon. LGUs don’t just support police—they command them. They own them. They aim them.

It was here, at the very heart of incarceration’s shadow, that released PDLs found themselves once again gathered—not behind bars, but before new beginnings.

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