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Inmates train wild horses
By miamiherald.com - Craig Harris
Published: 07/22/2013

PHOENIX -- It's late morning and the sun is already scorching as two "cowboys" in orange T-shirts and pants corral a mustang.

One is in front of the wild horse, while the other is a few steps behind the mustang as it gallops into a circular pen enclosed by a 14-foot fence topped with razor wire.

The men, felons inside the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence, have been working since 4 a.m. to break a handful of wild horses in the latest work program for the state Department of Corrections' business arm.

The goal of the nascent program is twofold: Teach inmates a trade they can use once they get out of prison, and turn a profit for Arizona Correctional Industries

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