Mexico inmates release jailhouse album
In example of true “Jailhouse Rock”, Mexico City prison band record songs about life behind bars.
Published On 17 Sep 2011
In a Mexican prison, a band of inmates are setting things alight – on the stage.
Known as Los Segregados, or The Segregated Ones, the musicians have just released their first album, a lively mix of up-beat rhythms and lyrics about life in prison.
Al Jazeera’s Franc Contreras sat in on one of their jam sessions in Mexico City’s Reclusiorio prison.
Source: Al Jazeera