Wild Horses Tame the Inmates.

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CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) -- It takes convict John Peterson four months of hard work to turn a wild, aggressive mustang into a saddle-trained horse.

Mustangs have returned the favor for Peterson, who's serving time for burglary at a Colorado state prison outside Canon City. Peterson works in the Wild Horse Inmate Program, which prepares mustangs for private adoption and for use by the U.S. Border Patrol.

''This program has taught me patience, perseverance,'' said Peterson as he scratched the black mane of Shorty, a bay-colored mustang at the East Canon Correctional Complex 120 miles south of Denver. ''You can't rush these horses. ... It's a give and take type thing.''

Shorty is one of 6,500 wild mustangs the U.S. Bureau of Land Management rounds up yearly to control a burgeoning population on the open range. The horses are taken to BLM facilities across the country, including nearly 2,000 at East Canon.'

http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/03/12/us/AP-Taming-Mustangs-Taming-Prisoners.html

[comtec]

1. Sounds like a good program for the in and out mates :)

lets hope it gets to continue.
I know it's a crazy Idea.... but why don't we try more rehabilitation programs, not less?

[elleng]

2. Nothing AT ALL crazy about that!

The right kind of education does it!!!