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We nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, and we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s.h. unit. best job on the yard. >> female inmates handle the dogs and cats. >> i bond more with the dogs here than any of the girls on the yard. what i like ...

Crumbling. i wanted to actually break down and cry when i seen her come in. >> the m.a.s.h. unit is set up for the inmates to take care of the animals. but sometimes the animals take care of the inmates. >> you're a good girl. >> loomis says caring for the horses has helped him cope with the anger problems with brought him to jail. >> i'm bipolar and i'm also diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome. i stopped taking my medications and i started going off and blowing up at home. i'm starting to lose my temper, starting to do things that i normally don't do. and next thing i know,...

They had her so long in feces that her hoofs were crumbled. i wanted to break down and crime. >> the mash unit is set up for the inmates to take care of the animals but sometimes the animals take care of the inmates. >> that's a good girl. >> he says caring for the horses helped him cope with the hanger problems that brought him to jail. >> i'm buy pole are and have ptsd. i stopped taking my medication and started losing my temper and doing things i normally don't do and next thing i know i'm getting arrested for domestic violence and criminal damage. now i'm here doing my time. my mom races h...

Its located in one of the original jail facilities, which was shut down for human occupants in 1999. >> we get animals in that are literally skin and bones. we nurse them back to health. we resocialize them. we get them used to being around people. and once their court case is cleared, we take actual ownership of the animal, we adopt them out to a good home. >> good boy. >> the animals are cared for by inmate workers who have no history of animal abuse. male inmates take care of the horses and other farm animals. >> we get accused of standing around scratching our ass all day here at m.a.s.h. ...

Care of the inmates. make sure they're not having er runs or going to the hospital. being how that is, we want to make sure that anybody that does something foolish, we address it immediately. if we had to talk to this person again about this kind of same thing, we might, for her own safety, get her in a more safe environment than being out here in tents. >> you're my helper for the rest of the night. you're going to help us with chow and then whatever else the trustees are going to do, you're going to be this right hand person. there's chaff, so you're mine. >> i can't stand it inside. >> whi...