Reintegration program: BuCor, food company ink deal to hire ex-prisoners
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has reached an agreement with a food company to hire former prisoners.
BuCor Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. signed a memorandum of agreement with Antonio Sebastian Escalante, president of BP One Foods Inc., to provide employment opportunities for former persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).
“This is only the beginning of BuCor’s strengthened partnership with the business sector. We intend to pursue more of this collaboration to empower and enable former PDLs to build productive lives and make positive contributions to their communities,” Catapang was quoted as saying.
According to BuCor, the company aims to provide job opportunities for PDL reform while also opening a wide range of positions to accommodate more people with diverse skill sets in various locations.
Catapang thanked BP One Foods Inc. for providing a “lifetime opportunity” to former PDLs “to promote social cohesion and an opportunity to utilize the skills they learned during their incarceration, which formed part of their reformation.”
He disclosed that another company has shown interest in hiring former PDLs who will complete their college degree courses through the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta – Bilibid Extension School program.
BuCor said that its Directorate for External Relations will be responsible for implementing reintegration programs for former prisoners. It will also send referral letters to several organizations to seek assistance in areas such as employment, livelihood programs, medical support, and financial aid.
