Dressed in multi-coloured uniforms these tough jail inmates made all the right moves to dance their way into the record books.
At least 1,200 prisoners in Peru's notorious Lurigancho jail beat the world record for working out at the same time in the yard.
Among them were armed robbers, hitmen, drug kingpins and petty thieves, but they all joined together to perform an aerobic 'full body' dancing show.Using small gaudily-painted wooden platforms, they practiced for more than three months and danced to rock music and reggaton - a mix of hip-hop and reggae.
The men, from Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia, are all inmates at the high security jail on the outskirts of Lima.
They were coached by Roger Romero, creator of full body aerobics in Peru.
Lurigancho was originally built to hold 2,500 prisoners, but there are now 7,000 inmates behind its crumbling walls, by far the most overcrowded jail in Peru.
Conditions are appalling throughout the country, with reportedly just 63 doctors and one psychiatrist treating Peru's 49,000 prisoners.
There is no segregation of inmates apart for sex offenders. Most are Peruvians but there are some foreigners, many convicted of acting as cocaine couriers.
They are allowed to wear their own clothes, the smell of cannabis fills the air and the men are allowed up to two conjugal visits a week with wives and girlfriends.
Cooking is done on small gas stoves and the prison population is deafened by old stereos and TV sets switched up to full volume.
Inmates can freely roam the grounds and rabbit warren buildings from 6am to 6pm and although there are many police checks, each cell wing has its own security run by prisoners.
One inmate told the Independent: 'We don't want people we don't know from other wings coming here and causing trouble.
'The prison authorities don't care, so we have to do it ourselves. Everything good here has been done by the prisoners. The authorities have just left us here to rot.'
In a prison courtyard lies there is a prison 'market', where convicts sell fresh fruit and vegetables, used clothes and pirate DVDs. One even illegally rents out cellphones.
At least 1,200 prisoners in Peru's notorious Lurigancho jail beat the world record for working out at the same time in the yard.
Among them were armed robbers, hitmen, drug kingpins and petty thieves, but they all joined together to perform an aerobic 'full body' dancing show.Using small gaudily-painted wooden platforms, they practiced for more than three months and danced to rock music and reggaton - a mix of hip-hop and reggae.
The men, from Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia, are all inmates at the high security jail on the outskirts of Lima.
They were coached by Roger Romero, creator of full body aerobics in Peru.
Lurigancho was originally built to hold 2,500 prisoners, but there are now 7,000 inmates behind its crumbling walls, by far the most overcrowded jail in Peru.
Conditions are appalling throughout the country, with reportedly just 63 doctors and one psychiatrist treating Peru's 49,000 prisoners.
There is no segregation of inmates apart for sex offenders. Most are Peruvians but there are some foreigners, many convicted of acting as cocaine couriers.
They are allowed to wear their own clothes, the smell of cannabis fills the air and the men are allowed up to two conjugal visits a week with wives and girlfriends.
Cooking is done on small gas stoves and the prison population is deafened by old stereos and TV sets switched up to full volume.
Inmates can freely roam the grounds and rabbit warren buildings from 6am to 6pm and although there are many police checks, each cell wing has its own security run by prisoners.
One inmate told the Independent: 'We don't want people we don't know from other wings coming here and causing trouble.
'The prison authorities don't care, so we have to do it ourselves. Everything good here has been done by the prisoners. The authorities have just left us here to rot.'
In a prison courtyard lies there is a prison 'market', where convicts sell fresh fruit and vegetables, used clothes and pirate DVDs. One even illegally rents out cellphones.
Source : DailyMail
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