Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center

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]

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center is located in Visayas
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center is located in Philippines
Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center
LocationBarangay Kalunasan, Cebu City[1]
Coordinates10°20′03″N 123°52′53″E / 10.33404°N 123.88146°E / 10.33404; 123.88146
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum security
Capacity1,600
Managed byProvincial Government of Cebu
CountryPhilippines

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

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Cebu Daily News: PB opens separate inquiry on aborted jail riot