From WLTX:
REMBERT, S.C. — Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation started a unique program at the Wateree River Correctional Institution in 2004. The Second Chances program is only one of eight state initiatives across the country that allows inmates to work hands on with horses who have retired from the racetrack.
The once competitive racehorses are now given a chance for a new life and fresh start.
Bryan Stirling is the director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. He says these inmates might not have had the opportunity to learn these skills in other activities.
“You have some horses here that have been maybe put out to pasture and neglected, so the inmate population that works here learns a lot," Stirling said. "They learn compassion, they learn sympathy, they learn hard work.” Continue reading >>>
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