The horses come from abusive or neglectful homes and must learn to trust people again. And they’re doing just that in a maximum-security prison. Their handler-inmates Troy, Bill and others are also undertaking their own brand of rehab.

“This is the best thing that has happened to me since I’ve been in prison,” says Troy.

Troy and Bill are inmates at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania and care for horses in conjunction with Last Chance Ranch, a rescue  outside of  Quakertown, Pa.  More