You often hear it – the criticism, not unfounded, that quite many things don’t work or are dysfunctional about public institutions in the Philippines.
But bright spots there are, and one of the best examples is the Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Center or CPRDC.
The CPRDC is special is an understatement, especially if you’re talking about jails, and jail management in the Philippines.
As the world grieves about the death of Michael Jackson, people are cheering about the 1,500 inmates of CPRDC for their unique synchronized field exercise-dance tribute to the King of Pop.
The inmates are certified YouTube stars because of their spectacular performance of Michael Jackson’s blockbuster hit ‘Thriller’.
They dance to the song with such gusto that the original YouTube upload has chalked up some 25,000,000 views.
The Inmates’ Blockbuster Thriller
So it’s not surprising that Cable News Network even had one of its news anchors, Anna Cohen to fly down to Cebu to feature the inmates’ special tribute to Michael Jackson with the jail yard festooned with a larger than life tarpaulin of MJ.
To the credit of the Cebu provincial government, and certainly the vision of jail director Byron Garcia, CPRDC’S approach to penology is not only world class but is a program that should be adopted on a national scale.
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I fear with all that fun going on in the Cebu jail,
it does not quite have the same, ummm . . .
shock affect of the rapes and beatings that go on in
American jails
that makes them a place to stay away from.
Joe
Oh that’s just Cebu, Joe.
Believe mo, unless you are Romy Jalosjos, you won’t relish the thought of going to Muntinglupa or any of our other local jails.
Michael Jackson music will live for many years in our hearts. He
united every races, every color of people, every culture of people
to his music. He is Black; but his music trancends races.
His song and dance art are beyond compare. No music artist has ever
done this kind of accomplishment in our time. A very unique artist
that appears only in special times in centuries.
Jailbirds or Free People. We moonwalk to the tune of “Billy Jean…”
And become confident to the tune of “I’ll Be There…”
Yes, Hyden.
Sadly however, these angles are surfacing:
http://midfield.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/what-and-who-killed-michael-jackson/
nice one ding, atleast we can forget for the moment that these people are convicted, gaya din natin sila, pero di rin natin pwede husgahan na lahat sila masama kaya sila nandyan, my mga naging biktima din ng pagkakataon kaya sila nandyan.
I just have to say, “wow.” I’ve seen another you tube view of CPRD inmates, the Cha Cha slide. It is hilarious. I also saw an episode of Lonely Planet years ago on Palawan, they also showed the Iwahig (?) penal colony, as a tourist spot! If one goes a little further, the ex Vietnamese boat people now here in Toronto, always say good things of their time as refugees in the Philippines. That goes to show, if pols use their brain instead of their mouth amazing results!