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This book, which describes the author's one-man crusade for a new penal rehabilitation program, known as The Seventh Step, takes you right into the drama of prison life. In 1963, Bill Sands, an ex-convict, and the Reverend James Post formulated a self- help group in the Kansas State Prison. This first pre-release program adopted a slogan and guidelines that are the basis of The Seventh Step programs today.
This was a danger-charged mission of an ex-inmate...
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"An alternative prison ranch in New Mexico conducts a daring experiment: setting the troubled residents out to retrain an aggressive herd of horses. The horses and prisoners both arrive at the ranch broken in one way or many- the horses often abandoned and suspicious, the residents, some battling drug and alcohol addiction, emotionally, physically, and financially shattered. Ginger Gaffney's job is to retrain the untrainable. With time, the horses...
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High Ground Publications
Pub. Date
�2003
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English
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This book is a high-action drama and a gripping story of one man's struggle through the underwold of drug smuggling and later through the federal justice and prison systems. A true story of the indomitable human spirit overcoming apparently hopeless odds. It will excite you, intrigue you, warm your heart and inspire you as the author takes you on a journey of discovery of the human shadows that imprison people on both sides of the walls.
9) The mustang
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Roman is a man serving a prison sentence of 12 years for committing a violent crime. His rehabilitation options include working at a facility that breaks and trains wild mustang horses. Within a short time, Roman's work with the horses propels him into an introspective period. He learns about the true origins of his own anger when he befriends a particularly troubled mustang. As his relationship with the mustang grows, Roman begins to deeply consider...