A program that allows Arizona prison inmates to help break wild horses is also helping to tame recidivism rates. ———Information from: The Arizona Republic, http://www.azcentral.com About 50 inmates who have completed the program have been released since 2012, and the recidivism rate among them is zero, according to program officials. Several of the released Arizona inmates who once participated in the program have found work on the outside with horses — proving that the skills gained in the program have practical real-world benefits and life lessons. With the program still young, he said he hopes the zero-percent recidivism rate among participating inmates holds.

Source: ABC News July 04, 2016 19:07 UTC