Focusing on the rehabilitation of prisoners and determination from authorities to create a happy prison with happy inmates, the documentary begins with a surprisingly optimistic viewpoint. This ultimately serves as the backdrop for Netflix’s latest prison documentary series, Happy Jail. Fast forward 12 years and the world is a very different place, with Philippine President Duterte famously declaring war on drugs and tackling the drug epidemic in the country head-on, turning his attention on the prisons across the country. Unbeknownst to us then, this prison flash mob would go on to gain over 58 million views of YouTube and be a worldwide sensation. Back then I was 19 and remember a colleague showed me the video moments before working a night shift on the bar, only to see that very same clip pop up all over the place in the following weeks. Back in 2007, a Philippine prison dance went viral on YouTube.
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