Jul 15, 2010

Cebu Dancing Inmates

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center also known by its initials CPDRC is a maximum security prison in Cebu, in the Cebu Province, the Philippines.  Byron F. Garcia, the official security advisor to the Cebu government who was assigned as head of the prison by his sister Gwendolyn Garcia, governor of Cebu Province is credited for starting a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates. The prison is best known worldwide for their viral version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video. They have followed that with many other dance routines of popular songs. 
               
The Cebu inmates, including murderers, rapist and drug traffickers, achieved instant cult fame around the world when a clip of them dancing toJackson's "Thriller" hit was posted on YouTube in 2007.
The Thriller clip has since generated 37.5 million hits, fuelling the prisoners "cult aura".  In 2009, just after the typhoon Ondoy that flooded most of Metro Manila  the prisoners donated P10,000 to the victims of the typhoon.

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