NCJ Number
113724
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This videotape describes the Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program (CWHIP), a cooperative effort among the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDC), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the nonprofit National Organization for Wild American Horses (NOWAH) which trains prison inmates to care for and gentle wild horses removed from public lands.
Abstract
The video describes legislation passed in 1971 and 1973 to protect, manage, and control wild horses and burros. The CWHIP not only produces a trained, gentled wild horse that is more appealing to potential adopters, but gives inmates meaningful work, greater self-esteem, and marketable skills. BLM transports wild horses from holding facilities in several Western States to Colorado's Fremont Correctional Facility and transports trained horses to satellite adoption centers. Colorado's Corrections Industries provides and maintains the facilities for daily care and gentling of the horses. It also screens male and female inmates to work in the program. NOWAH provides all veterinary care and teaches the inmates horsemanship, animal husbandry, veterinarian, and farrier skills. Inmates and officials from BLM, Corrections Industries, NOWAH, and the CDC talk about the program's success and positive impact on participants.