00:00Ten years have passed.
00:04Hello, good morning.
00:20On my way back to the Correctional.
00:23This is Dorm 12.
00:24Yeah.
00:26Hello.
00:27I know this person.
00:28I know this person.
00:29I know you.
00:30Hey, I know you.
00:32I was embraced by familiar faces.
00:36I'm so happy for you.
00:41Hey, I know you.
00:42I'm free now.
00:43Hey, I remember you.
00:45Yes, ma'am.
00:46We even danced together.
00:51Dorm 12 is new.
00:53It's Disney Princess now.
00:56Good morning.
00:57But it's still dark.
00:58I know you.
01:00Reunion, reunion.
01:02But your hair is white now.
01:05Of course, I'm a senior now.
01:06I'm a senior now.
01:08You don't look like a senior when we met.
01:12Your hair is white now.
01:13I hope you'll be free.
01:15I'm almost free.
01:16You're almost free.
01:18Dorm 12's interior is almost unchanged.
01:21Dorm 12.
01:25But only a few of the original grandmothers I've seen are here.
01:31Many are already released.
01:34But some were also sentenced to death in prison.
01:38Are you Grandma Rose?
01:39Yes, I am.
01:40Grandma Rose is already dead.
01:42Tita Rose Mendoza.
01:43Yes, Tita Rose Mendoza.
01:44What happened to her?
01:46She's old.
01:48Did her son bring her back?
01:50No, I don't think so.
01:51No?
01:52Ederlina was one of Grandma Rose's last companions before she passed away.
01:59Until the last moment of Grandma Rose,
02:03the prison guards and jail guards took care of the old woman.
02:07When Tita Rose got sick,
02:11because she was being chased,
02:13we brought her to the infirmary.
02:16We took care of her,
02:19but she suddenly died.
02:24She died?
02:25Yes.
02:26Where did she die?
02:28A brother took her.
02:30A brother or a child?
02:31A child.
02:32A child or a relative of a child
02:36who was traced by the C.I.W.
02:39They took her to the hospital.
02:46Until her last breath,
02:48she did not see her family.
02:53This is the reality inside the prison.
02:57There are old people who are no longer visited by their loved ones.
03:03But they continue to hold on to hope.
03:07Their hearts grow stronger whenever one of them is released.
03:12I will show you my grandmother.
03:16She is now 100 years old.
03:21She is still alive.
03:22She is strong.
03:27There she is.
03:31She is strong.
03:33There she is.
03:35She is strong.
03:37She is 100 years old.
03:40She is our strength.
03:42She is our strength.
03:44She is strong.
03:45She is still alive.
03:47We can do this.
03:50We can do this.
03:53When Grandmother Petra was released in 2015,
03:56many grandmothers were released and given parole.
04:00But not all of them were granted freedom.
04:05Chato was in prison for three decades.
04:08She was only 30 years old when she was released.
04:12Her hair was already white inside.
04:15She was released one by one.
04:17From Grandmother Petra.
04:19She was released one by one.
04:21And my brothers, five of them.
04:23They were released in 1995.
04:25You were the only ones left.
04:26I was the only one left.
04:29Chato is now the longest in prison in Dorm 12.
04:34Sometimes she thinks,
04:36there is still freedom waiting for her.
04:39The other day, when someone was released,
04:41I was so happy.
04:42I said, Lord, thank you.
04:44But in 2023, I was sad.
04:47I was crying.
04:48I was crying.
04:49I didn't show it to them.
04:51I was crying because I was envious.
04:54Because I wanted to be free when I have the strength
04:57to be with my children.
05:00According to the Correctional Institution for Women,
05:03there are about 555 elderly prisoners here.
05:09Most of them are between the ages of 60 and 70,
05:13including those like Chato.
05:16Once upon a time,
05:17a resolution was issued by the Department of Justice
05:20regarding the elderly prisoners.
05:23According to the new legislation,
05:25when a prisoner reaches the age of 70,
05:29and has served her sentence for 10 years,
05:34she can be released under the process of parole
05:38or executive clemency.
05:42And because of this,
05:44people like Chato continue to rely on hope.
05:49Thank God, I still have strength.
05:51I can still carry my grandchildren.
05:54I can still help my children.
05:56And with God's help,
05:57I will still continue to worship God.
05:59This is a continuous change in life.
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