Prison overseer Byron Garcia has implemented a dancing rehabilitation program several years ago at the Cebu Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines. I think it’s a great idea, and it’s specially meaningful to me being half Cebuano. This YouTube video of their Thriller routine has received almost 7 million views. It’s creative and entertaining. During a CNN interview, Byron Garcia states, “We don’t have dumbbells here. We don’t have weights. We have dancing.” They’re forced to dance if they’re physically able to, which I’m sure some people would consider torture. Byron Garcia claims that there has not been any violent incidents in about a year and a half because of the success of the program. If dancing calms the prisoners and transforms the usually hostile environment, I’m all for it.
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