Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
Location | Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City[1] |
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Coordinates | 10°20′03″N 123°52′53″E / 10.33404°N 123.88146°E |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum security |
Capacity | 1,600 |
Managed by | Provincial Government of Cebu |
Country | Philippines |
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is a jail facility in Cebu, in Cebu Province, Philippines. It is a maximum-security prison with a capacity for 1,600 inmates.[2]
The prison became well known for its rehabilitation program in 2005-2010, based on a program of choreographed exercise routines for the inmates. Known as CPDRC Dancing Inmates, the recordings of the various routines of the prisoners online supervised by the head of the prison Byron F. Garcia made them online celebrity sensations.[citation needed]
In popular culture
[edit](Dancing) inmates and jail cells can be seen in the visual documentary Samsara.
Although CPDRC is known for its Dancing Inmates, it has also appeared in a Hollywood film. The final boxing scene at the climax of the 2017 film A Prayer Before Dawn was filmed at CPRDC, as Thai authorities denied permission for filming in the real Klong Prem prison.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cebu's dancing inmates perform before papal envoy for 51st International Eucharistic Congress". InterAksyon. Philippine News Agency. January 27, 2016. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^ Cebu Daily News: PB opens separate inquiry on aborted jail riot