However, the documenter noted that most of their concerns or answers were almost identical with the senior citizens. These are the following: 1. There were no concerns regarding food, water, and space. 2. They also felt secure in prison with no physical or sexual abuses, and their health concerns are being addressed by the provincial jail. 3. Most of their concerns is the slow progress of their case, which is a similar concern to the senior citizens. SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS The following are the summary of issues and concerns: 1. Regular medical check-up for senior citizens. According to them, check-ups are granted if there is a request from the inmates. With their aging bodies prone to exhaustion and ailments, they desired to have a regular monthly medical check-up. 2. Branch 4 has no judge assigned yet. This makes their cases pending or slow to proceed. The senior citizens desire for immediate trial of the court so that they can get out. Four out of five of the senior citizen cases are pending and their schedules are always cancelled or being reset. 3. Water in the early hours of morning. Senior citizens will have a hard time taking a bath since their aging bodies cannot withstand the coldness of early dawn. They asked for leniency of schedule if they can store water more or if they can have water schedule at a later hour in the morning. 4. There are no concerns in food, water, and space. 5. No concerns when it comes to any form of physical and sexual abuses. 6. There is one concern of the granting of SSS pension of one inmate, and the facilitator, Atty. Caseñas volunteered to make a query for it. Accordingly, the pension was approved nationally but it was held by SSS Butuan until such a time that the detained senior citizen woman can get out of jail. Page 11 of 17