The Mustang

10/5/2019

**_From a narrative perspective, there's nothing you haven't seen done before, but it's very well-made and genuinely moving_** >_Some states have been trying to reduce their recidivism rates through animal training programs. One such program, the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP), is based in Florence, Arizona, a state that spends over $25,000 per inmate per year. Developed in the 1980s in Colorado, WHIP has expanded across the western United States_ [...] _Of the 50 inmate graduates of the program, only two returned to prison, a desistance rate of 96%. In other areas, such as New Mexico, th__e recidivism rate in the past for prisons offering animal training programs was 25% as compared to the state average of 38%._ - "Saddling Horses Can Tame Recidivism and Rein Spending" (Emily Tap)