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Post number 16641

kirkaracha — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:51:27 -0800

Teach dance in prison! "The Federal Bureau of Prisons...intends to issue solicitation RFQ 50507-012-2 for the provision to provide Dance Instructor Services with a variety of beginning and advanced dance classes to the inmate population."

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:58:03 -0800

The St. Vitus School of Swing. sing-sing to singapore. new steps for old ways. Is this for real?

By: Settle

Settle — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:20:47 -0800

Come on!! Move that ass.

By: TimTypeZed

TimTypeZed — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:00:41 -0800

Recreational activities in San Quentin, sometime between 1925 and 1935 1, 2

By: GirlFriday

GirlFriday — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:29:24 -0800

I'm glad to know that the US taxes are going to something worthy. *roll of the eyes*

By: Settle

Settle — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:19:22 -0800

Getting dance instructors raped and beaten isn't worthy?

By: Rastafari

Rastafari — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:24:14 -0800

Didn't Elvis sing a song about this?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:00:36 -0800

If these guys could dance, maybe some of them wouldn't be in prison. Seriously. Dancing is an important form of socializing. People who can't dance are often outsiders. I suspect that people who can dance, compared to those who can't, will more often, and because they can dance, feel good, look good, meet people, find romance, be a happy part of society instead of a shunned and humiliated loner, etc.

By: tolkhan

tolkhan — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:46:11 -0800

is dancing the only form of socializing?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 07:19:16 -0800

Certainly not the only form. Just an important form, an emotional, physical, public form. It's especially important during early years, when people make big choices that decide how their lives will turn out. Of course most people in prison have already made bad choices, but most of them will still be getting out one day and living near you. I don't see anything wrong with helping them pick up a social skill that could help them get more comfortably and happily through the rest of their lives.

By: darukaru

darukaru — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:33:04 -0800

I don't see anything wrong with helping them pick up a social skill that could help them get more comfortably and happily through the rest of their lives. I've been trying to think of a way to say this since yesterday. Thank you, pracowity.