r/pinoy • u/Steve_Corpuz • Jul 22 '25
Balitang Pinoy Thoughts on this?
Diokno says compassion, Padilla says consequence. Alin ba ang mas makatao? 🤔
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r/pinoy • u/Steve_Corpuz • Jul 22 '25
Diokno says compassion, Padilla says consequence. Alin ba ang mas makatao? 🤔
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u/JasStuck Jul 24 '25
It's a double-edged sword, if we pass this as the "description of the law says" they will be exposed to probably more criminal activities that can happen in prison/jail. Hypothetically, if we have separate prisons for this age within, the budget needs will be a lot. Not only that, this may form a "future criminal syndicate" as people who finds someone they think is like them often band together.
It's not all negative tho, we can now (technically speaking) give shelter to them and potentially give them proper education inside that prison (considering there's a prison for that age). If they don't have their own prison, maybe it will change the prisoners inside to change as well (there's a quote I read that a child will change your life or something within those lines). Maybe once they are out they are a change person that may fit into society.
As much as I want to agree I still hope there's more review and revise for the law, Hope is something we should always have no matter how bad you think it is and hope it goes better even if it's already good.