Prisoners Breakdown Thriller

1. 80's Michael Jackson could have brought about world peace.
2. Thriller is and always will be the best pop dance track of the 80's.
3. We can spot who drops the soap in jail on purpose.
4. Modern Michael Jackson would probably have a really good time in jail.
5. Pink Floyd still under-represented in popular media.



Article via BBC
The routine is the brainchild of Byron Garcia, a security consultant for the Cebu provincial government.

He said it had helped "drastically" improve inmate behaviour.

And two former inmates have since become dancers.

'Discipline in action'

The dancing is compulsory for all 1,600 inmates at the prison in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre, except the elderly and infirm.

Prisoners have also performed to songs by local artists, Queen and from the film Sister Act, clips of which have been watched on YouTube tens of thousands of times.

"Inmates say to me: 'You have put my mind off revenge, foolishness, or thinking how to escape from jail, or joining a gang'," he said.

The routines developed last year after Mr Garcia started making inmates march to music, such as Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall, in a bid to increase participation in exercise.

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Other early choices included In the Navy and YMCA by the Village People, which were chosen so that macho inmates "wouldn't be offended by being asked to dance".

More Routines at the Cebu Provinical Detention and Rehabilitation Center