All of Father Punciano’s children were raised inside Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm. After he was discharged from Manila’s New Bilibid Prison in 1996 and relocated to Iwahig, his wife and eldest child moved with him to the facility. Initially, a former employee of the penitentiary took care of the family, while members of the church helped them build a kuboo (a shelter in the local Tagalog language).
“This jail is [like] nothing you can see anywhere else. Since I was relocated here, I have been given the privilege to live with my relatives day and night,” he says.
One of the world’s largest open jails, this 26,000-hectare property hosts 3,186 inmates, most of whom roam virtually free around the site. There are few boundaries separating thousands of convicts from the outside world
The treatment of the inmates in this prison is better than anywhere else. I don’t think they’re bad people. In fact, I think that anyone is capable of doing what they did if forced by circumstances
This article was written by ANGEL L. MATINER CANTERAL
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