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one more this jail stuff I’m Malou Stein

one more this jail stuff I’m Malou Stein I had four and a half years in one six

I had four and a half years in one six

I had four and a half years in one six year bit and I feel that uh that I paid

year bit and I feel that uh that I paid

year bit and I feel that uh that I paid for what I did when I come a long ways

for what I did when I come a long ways

for what I did when I come a long ways to come here and it’s it’s great I you

to come here and it’s it’s great I you

to come here and it’s it’s great I you know I wouldn’t do it again but to meet

know I wouldn’t do it again but to meet

know I wouldn’t do it again but to meet up with these horses oh it’s great all

up with these horses oh it’s great all

up with these horses oh it’s great all my friends now

my friends now

my friends now hey listen to me other people don’t

hey listen to me other people don’t

hey listen to me other people don’t listen to me

listen to me

listen to me I was married I was like next way for 10

I was married I was like next way for 10

I was married I was like next way for 10 to 13 years I had two sons

to 13 years I had two sons

to 13 years I had two sons I had like fooling for me and then I got

I had like fooling for me and then I got

I had like fooling for me and then I got laid off my wife and I split up and then

laid off my wife and I split up and then

laid off my wife and I split up and then that’s when I just started doing you

that’s when I just started doing you

that’s when I just started doing you know running around you know using drugs

know running around you know using drugs

know running around you know using drugs and just robbing cheating stealing doing

and just robbing cheating stealing doing

and just robbing cheating stealing doing what I had to do to get by because I

what I had to do to get by because I

what I had to do to get by because I wasn’t working and now it makes me

wasn’t working and now it makes me

wasn’t working and now it makes me realize I wasn’t right what I’ve done

realize I wasn’t right what I’ve done

realize I wasn’t right what I’ve done and now it’s time to get back them all

and now it’s time to get back them all

and now it’s time to get back them all with self second chances is created by

with self second chances is created by

with self second chances is created by thoroughbred retirement foundation and

thoroughbred retirement foundation and

thoroughbred retirement foundation and they were looking for a way to rescue

they were looking for a way to rescue

they were looking for a way to rescue the race horses that get injured so to

the race horses that get injured so to

the race horses that get injured so to save them from either being abused

save them from either being abused

save them from either being abused neglected possibly even slaughtered they

neglected possibly even slaughtered they

neglected possibly even slaughtered they had the vision and the mission but they

had the vision and the mission but they

had the vision and the mission but they needed a place to put them where do you

needed a place to put them where do you

needed a place to put them where do you find farms to put them and all of a

find farms to put them and all of a

find farms to put them and all of a sudden they thought about Correctional

sudden they thought about Correctional

sudden they thought about Correctional Institution

Institution

Institution they were driving by and I said there’s

they were driving by and I said there’s

they were driving by and I said there’s all the land this is be perfect and we

all the land this is be perfect and we

all the land this is be perfect and we can teach inmates how to take care of

can teach inmates how to take care of

can teach inmates how to take care of horses so today we’re going to review

horses so today we’re going to review

horses so today we’re going to review colic why would we want to revenge we

colic why would we want to revenge we

colic why would we want to revenge we seek to find them jobs afterwards

seek to find them jobs afterwards

seek to find them jobs afterwards because I have this great skill so it

because I have this great skill so it

because I have this great skill so it was a win-win situation

was a win-win situation

was a win-win situation exactly number one killer we graduate we

exactly number one killer we graduate we

exactly number one killer we graduate we get a completion certificate and then we

get a completion certificate and then we

get a completion certificate and then we get a certification for elite groomers

get a certification for elite groomers

get a certification for elite groomers program which a lot of people don’t have

program which a lot of people don’t have

program which a lot of people don’t have that and it gives us a better

that and it gives us a better

that and it gives us a better opportunity to find work so it’s kinda

opportunity to find work so it’s kinda

opportunity to find work so it’s kinda like a disease or a symptom you know I

like a disease or a symptom you know I

like a disease or a symptom you know I know how to build houses you know but I

know how to build houses you know but I

know how to build houses you know but I ain’t got nothing on paper so I really

ain’t got nothing on paper so I really

ain’t got nothing on paper so I really would like to have something with paper

would like to have something with paper

would like to have something with paper my mom would be proud I mean my daughter

my mom would be proud I mean my daughter

my mom would be proud I mean my daughter be proud of me oh I got a papers of

be proud of me oh I got a papers of

be proud of me oh I got a papers of court papers

court papers

court papers really

to watch a man come out and when he

to watch a man come out and when he first gets off the van and he’s greeted

first gets off the van and he’s greeted

first gets off the van and he’s greeted by my dogs and they like oh my gosh I

by my dogs and they like oh my gosh I

by my dogs and they like oh my gosh I haven’t seen a dog in years and you just

haven’t seen a dog in years and you just

haven’t seen a dog in years and you just watched them it’s almost like all the

watched them it’s almost like all the

watched them it’s almost like all the walls break down and one groom said it

walls break down and one groom said it

walls break down and one groom said it best when he said you know we all have

best when he said you know we all have

best when he said you know we all have kindness inside of us but you kind of

kindness inside of us but you kind of

kindness inside of us but you kind of forget given the situation that they

forget given the situation that they

forget given the situation that they grew up in or that they ended up in and

grew up in or that they ended up in and

grew up in or that they ended up in and you somehow forget that you have that

you somehow forget that you have that

you somehow forget that you have that kindness until you come out here oh so

kindness until you come out here oh so

kindness until you come out here oh so it’s okay this is cable and then every

it’s okay this is cable and then every

it’s okay this is cable and then every day you go oh there it is and then it

day you go oh there it is and then it

day you go oh there it is and then it grows and you get more kind and as with

grows and you get more kind and as with

grows and you get more kind and as with anything after you do it for so long it

anything after you do it for so long it

anything after you do it for so long it becomes a habit and that’s how they get

becomes a habit and that’s how they get

becomes a habit and that’s how they get changed and that’s how they change

changed and that’s how they change

changed and that’s how they change inside its kind of a self-awareness that

inside its kind of a self-awareness that

inside its kind of a self-awareness that only a horse can give a man

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