It was a redemptive rehabilitation protocol that has been key in the creation of the dancing inmates. Jail facilities nationwide and in other parts of the world are being called by other names like rehabilitation, penitentiaries and correctional if only to hide the living hell realities of these institutions. But no matter how jails are called, prisons by any name are still hell. It is a location in the map that governments would like to hide but cannot conceal.
Prison facilities in the country have become living hells is because those who are in penology and rehabilitation are missing out the essence of compassion, redemption and restoration in jail management. We are too busy looking for creative ways to punish an offender instead of restoring him to become the human being that he is. We have to look at prisons beyond the cycle of crime and punishment and certainly look inside underlying social, cultural and scriptural implications of rehabilitation. As it is, those creative ways of punishing offenders that have led to restrictive and punitive conditions in jails have also bred demons out of prisoners.
This therapeutic protocol of dance and music is meant to restore dignity to people who suffer the stigma of incarceration and restore self-esteem to inmates because they are alienated from society. Therapeutic music and dance is meant to help prisoners cope with their depression and anxiety, improve their well-being as they go through a transition phase and reintegrate to society. Music is a protocol to heal them of emotional and psychological disorders and trauma as a result of the offense or incarceration. Because penology practices make living hell in jails, the tendency is we breed next generation demons when they are discharged. If prisoners are healed while in prison, then we make them better persons when they are released and stay away from crime.
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