Criminals have More Fun in the Philippines and Here’s Why

If you think this article is just a joke you are wrong. Prisoners are among the group of people who have the best way of life. Convicted felons have better way of living than 50% of people in Philippines who are living in poverty.

Being a criminal is not only a good way to run away from poverty, but also a rewarding effort in any sense. Anyone who spent at least 5 years in New Bilibid Prison or any other prison facilities in the country can tell how happy they were, living for free inside their paradise.

Here are the 10 Reasons Why Criminals have More Fun in the Philippines

1. Free Food (3 meals a day)

Many people in Manila slums couldn’t even eat 3 times day but people who are living in jails and prison cells have no worries about eating on time at all. Taxpayers are asked to fill their stomach so food is not a problem.

2. Free Clothing

Same as food, prisoners must have uniform clothing that is paid by taxpayers. They have better clothes than street children and homeless people.

3. Free Housing and Lodging

Prisoners are given priority to live freely inside concrete rooms. The government is making sure they are comfortable so they can’t create any trouble. Meanwhile, people on squatter areas are always in risk of losing their modular houses.

4. Free Sports and Fitness Facilities

Living as prisoner is really rewarding. You have the freedom to use all your available time to get your body toned, play sports, or burn your fat whenever you want – for free of course.

5. Free Education

If you are not aware, New Bilibid Prison offers elementary, high school, and Bachelor of Commerce degree in education. How beautiful a life can be if you are living in a compound where everything is free? Only fools would complain.

6. Free Library

Some prisoners are fond of reading fictions so the Bureau of Corrections is making sure everyone has books to read. Although not in Philippines, watch the movie The Shawshank Redemption and see Tim Robins work as librarian.

7. Free Trade and Skills Training

People who are not in prison are having difficulty securing free education with TESDA but people inside the jail have no problem at all. They can learn how to be a dog trainer, how to do handicrafts (most common), painting, etc, for free.

8. Free Health Care

Now this is really what makes being a prisoner so rewarding. The government is making sure every prisoner is healthy so hospitals and clinics are provided in house.

9. Free Security

The prisoners are VIPs and prison guards are their employees. Prisoners can sleep at night without any worries about robbers and burglars because they are heavily secured by prison guards.

10. Paid Jobs and Salable Products

Although the salary is not as handsome as people living outside, Prisoners do paid jobs as well. They can do almost everything at lower cost but they can also steal other people’s job. They can do jobs that require lower skills like painting, agriculture, construction, and the like. They can also make products like handicrafts and can make more money than someone who is outside with the same product.

Products created by prisoners are always salable because it is the government that does the marketing and promotion.

Another thing where a prisoner is in advantage compared to a freeman is the accomplishment. When a prisoner accomplishes something good, he is being rewarded in different ways like lowering his sentence or being paroled. No one cares with someone who is outside the prison whether he does something good anyway.

Although prisoners have limited freedom, they shits everything a freeman can offer when it comes living comfort. Now if you are jealous of prisoners, ask the government to implement the death penalty so that the tax we are paying can be used to other useful projects.

/Fanny Jalacjac/ Assisted Press

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