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'The President should consider commuting the life sentences imposed on PDLs who have maintained their innocence and did not plead guilty.' ThoughtLeaders
One year into the Presidency of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the after-effects of the drug war still linger.
Many of these PDLs were convicted and transferred to Bureau of Corrections facilities, whose population rose from 40,000 in 2016 to 51,000 PDLs in 2023. This increase in PDL population was not matched by increases in jail and prison housing accommodations. Thus, our correctional system has the dubious recognition of being the most congested correctional system in the world.
President Marcos should consider the growing empirical data that shows the drug war was based on faulty assumptions:3. That drug addicts are extremely violent Countries that have waged brutal drug wars have shown that it only:2. Increases the budget for jails and prisons that could have been used to support health, education, and other basic services
1. Shifting the drug policy to harm-reduction approaches. This approach looks at the drug problem as a medical, not a criminal justice, issue. If people are indeed dependent on drugs, there are proven and tested ways to help them address their dependency where harms are minimized, and they are still fully functional.
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