Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 20, 2015

On Oct. 4 nearly 100 people boarded a prison bus and that took them into

People watch a glove puppet performance at Yunlin Second Prison on Oct. 4.
民眾十月四日在雲林第二監獄看掌中劇團表演。
Photos: Huang Shu-li, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者黃淑莉

Yunlin Second Prison, but it turns out that they were actually there to watch and enjoy glove puppetry and lion dance performances.

As a way of passing on traditional culture, eight years ago Yunlin Second Prison engaged the services of husband and wife Mao Kuo-tsung and Chen Yi-chen from the Ming-Shi-Jie Hand Puppet Troupe to be tutors at the prison. Yunlin Second Prison’s chief warden Wu Cheng-hung says that the tuition in glove puppetry was extremely effective and the language and behavior of many members of the troupe has showed a marked improvement. Later on, the prison also established a lion dance and drumming class.     [FULL  STORY]