Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center

CPDRC directs here. This is an article about the Cebu prison facility in the Philippines. For the CPDRC rehabilitation dancing program, see CPDRC Dancing Inmates

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC)
Location	Barangay Kalunasan, Cebu City, Philippines^[1]
Status	Operational
Security class	Maximum security
Capacity	1,600
Managed by	Philippines Bureau of Corrections

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is a prison in Cebu, in Cebu Province, Philippines. It is a maximum security prison facility with a capacity for 1600 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 rendered them an international online celebrity sensation and phenomenon.

References

↑ "Cebu's dancing inmates perform before papal envoy for 51st International Eucharistic Congress". InterAksyon. Philippine News Agency. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
↑ Cebu Daily News: PB opens separate inquiry on aborted jail riot

Coordinates: 10°20′02″N 123°52′53″E / 10.33389°N 123.88139°E / 10.33389; 123.88139

Corrections in the Philippines

Agencies	Parole and Probation Administration (Philippines) Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)

Prisons	New Bilibid Prison Davao Prison and Penal Farm Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) (CPDRC Dancing Inmates) Correctional Institution for Women Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm

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