Dancing Prisoners

[Aliantha]

Last night I was watching a doco about a province in the Phillipines where the ex governor has implemented dancing as part of the 'rehabilitation process' for prisoners. Here's a link to Mr Garcia's youtube page where you can see a number of the dances

At first it made me laugh to see all these guys in orange dancing to pop songs from the 80's (Mr Garcia's favourite era) but then I thought about what else they'd have to do all day in prison anyway. Some people view his methods as a deprivation of human rights, but from my own perspective, pretty much every person I've ever met from the phillipines (and the number is very high due to the fact that my step mother is from there), loves to dance and do karaoke (which they have in Mr Garcias prison also).

Anyway, maybe it's just entertainment for some here, but I'd be interested in other views on the ethics of the situation.