Dancing Inmates in Cebu, The Philippines

When we talk about prison the first thing that comes out in our minds are killers, criminals that are so bad all their lives and never to get near them. In all countries, prisons are the home for people out-casted in the society. They are out-casted because they have made wrong that harmed others and violated the laws.

In centuries, the prisoners remained to be dirty, sinful and ferocious place and only families and church volunteers would go there. In some cases, it’s the home of gang leaders who can still operate their business outside even if they are incarcerated.

Three years ago when only one prison in the world came up with a unique management to change  the views of everyone about  prison and prisoners. I am talking about the Cebu Provincial Detention Rehabilitation Center in Cebu, the Philippines. With 2,000 inmates of all ages and all sexes the prison warden Byron Garcia managed to discipline and control the inmates through dancing.

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Dancing is supposedly just a test drive of a method to use in order to ease the boredom of the inmates being inside the prison hall 24/7 until it became a program and now a tourist attraction in the Queen City of the south. Before it was a tourist spot, it became hit on Youtube.com and became a topic in the news of several countries.

Who says being an inmate is embarrassing, dreadful and awful? This recent program changed the entire prison and changed a lot of prisoners in the process. Most families of the prisoners there are proud of their relatives and changed the whole meaning of being a CPDRC inmate.

You can watch more in Youtube about this amazing jail in Cebu, the Philippines.