For three years, no violence among the inmates since the dancing began.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/05/filipino-prisoners-perfor_n_346675.html
(Many videos of the inmates' dance routines)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KACFo5V73ro
(video)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPDRC_Dancing_Inmates

CPDRC Dancing Inmates or the CPDRC dancers is a 
collective of prison inmates in Cebu Provincial 
Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a 
maximum security prison in Cebu, in Cebu Province, 
Philippines where the prisoners perform dance 
routines as part of their daily exercise and 
rehabilitation, and many of their performances 
are filmed and released online, making them a 
popular feature among fans and veritable online 
celebrities.

Byron F. Garcia, the official security advisor 
to the Cebu government, is credited for starting 
a program of choreographed exercise routines for 
the inmates. He was appointed head of the prison 
by his sister Gwendolyn Garcia, governor of Cebu 
Province.[1][2] The prison is best known for its 
rendition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.
The prison management has also released a video 
explaining the concept behind the prison management 
at CPDRC.[citation needed]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/filipino-inmates-dance-for-pope_n_6483052.html

Dancing Prison Inmates Welcome The Pope To The Philippines (VIDEO)
 01/16/2015 04:23 pm ET | Updated Jan 16, 2015
Carla Herreria
Associate Editor, HuffPost Hawaii
 
Nothing says “Welcome to the Philippines” better 
than a group of dancing maximum security prison 
inmates.

Ahead of Pope Francis’ five-day visit to the 
country, the famed dancing inmates of the Cebu 
Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center 
(CPDRC) put on a special performance in honor 
of the Pontiff.

Unlike their lively routines to “This Is It” 
by Michael Jackson and Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” 
the dance dedicated to the Pope was more solemn 
and serious.

The 2,160 inmates opened their performance moving 
to a liturgical Catholic song. They then performed 
(starting at 6:30) the “Pope dance,” as locals 
are calling it, to “We Are All God’s Children,” 
which the Philippines chose as the official 
theme song for the Pope’s visit.

The Pope has no plans to stop in Cebu, but the 
facility’s hired choreographer Vince Rosales 
said the performance was the inmates’ way of 
welcoming him to their country.

“I did not expect that this will happen in my 
life,” inmate Servacio Pillado told local news 
site Sun Star Cebu in the Tagalog language. “I 
feel like crying yet I don’t understand the 
feeling when I was dancing.”

Cebu Provincial Government wrote on their 
Facebook page that the “song, the choreography 
and the dancers themselves touched the hearts 
of the viewers.“

Sun Star Cebu reported that the group also 
entertained the audience, which was comprised 
of officials of the Philippine National Police 
and Cebu City Police, with a friendly three-round 
boxing match and seven more dance routines.

Dancing was introduced to CPDRC almost ten years 
ago to encourage a sense of accomplishment and 
teamwork among the inmates, according to NPR. 
It started with marching drills, but eventually 
evolved to fully choreographed dance routines. 
A series of YouTube videos that went viral turned 
the inmates into instant Internet sensations.

Below, watch the dancing inmates rock out to 
“This Is It” by Michael Jackson, with the late 
icon’s actual choreographers.