Interior designers provide tasteful but simple d cor, with feng-shui considerations to calm the spirit. Television sets, video equipment and computers are provided to ensure the penitents seek ways for self-improvement. Of course, the use of these services is properly monitored and censored. A team of volunteers from the Coalition for Christian Righteousness checks all movies before they are shown to penitents. A healthy body produces a healthy mind, so penitents have access to a full range of fitness services, including spa, jacuzzi and an abdominal flattener.
Penitents can apply for more punishing sports such as mountain-climbing and kayaking.
For matters of the soul, there are various religious facilities but the most popular is a cathedral operated by the Iglesia ni El Shaddai. Many religious conversions have been reported among these executive penitents, which together with participation in punishing sports contributed to many early paroles. Besides these conversions, the penitential centers can boast of many other successes. These special centers have revived the national economy, and now contribute to 8 percent of the country s Gross Domestic Product. The economic gains came especially after the government opened up the centers to international penitents, who now come from as far as Chile.