Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Manila Paul Michael S. Klecheski, Office of International Narcotic and Law Enforcement Affairs Brandon A Hudspeth, Assistance Air Attache Major Timothy C. Rolling and Philippines Dangerous Drugs Board Secretary Catalino S. Cuy Visited The Social Entrepreneurship Technology and Business Institute College Education Behind Bars
The Social Entrepreneurship Technology and Business Institute, Inc. (SETBI), by partnering with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and with the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP), has initiated a “College Education Behind 
Bars” project at the Ma-a City Jail, Davao City. This program aims to provide the inmates, both male and female, who are mostly drug dependent, the means to advance their education in prison. It also offers them a recovery program with their college diplomas, so that if or when they are released, they are fully equipped to go back into society as a contributor to nation building and not a burden to their family and community. Through the College Education Behind Bars mentoring and recovery program, detainees enhance skills critical to completing a college degree and building trust in personal relationships. Both activities significantly increase prisoners’ chances of succeeding when returning to the community.
