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Ind. Prisoners Allowed To Keep Cats
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POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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in article vRs1d.172252$9d6.56887@attbi_s54, Magic Mood Jeep© at
wrote on 9/13/04 9:39 PM: http://www.theindychannel.com/family...39/detail.html POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what kind of education they get? It would, I would think, be good therapy. |
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in article vRs1d.172252$9d6.56887@attbi_s54, Magic Mood Jeep© at
wrote on 9/13/04 9:39 PM: http://www.theindychannel.com/family...39/detail.html POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what kind of education they get? It would, I would think, be good therapy. |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:39:23 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
wrote: http://www.theindychannel.com/family...39/detail.html POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Isn't it great? A while back, PBS ran a special about cats and one of the stories was similar to the Indiana Prison story you posted. I can't remember which state it was, but one of their prisons invited one of the local shelters nearby to bring cats over one day per week, and volunteer prisoners spend time with them, groom them, bathe them and so on to make the cats more adoptable. The cats as well as the inmates really seemed to enjoy the activity. I wonder if the Indiana State Prison has a vet come check the cats out, give shots, etc? -bonbon |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:39:23 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
wrote: http://www.theindychannel.com/family...39/detail.html POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Isn't it great? A while back, PBS ran a special about cats and one of the stories was similar to the Indiana Prison story you posted. I can't remember which state it was, but one of their prisons invited one of the local shelters nearby to bring cats over one day per week, and volunteer prisoners spend time with them, groom them, bathe them and so on to make the cats more adoptable. The cats as well as the inmates really seemed to enjoy the activity. I wonder if the Indiana State Prison has a vet come check the cats out, give shots, etc? -bonbon |
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 02:39:23 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©"
wrote: http://www.theindychannel.com/family...39/detail.html POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Isn't it great? A while back, PBS ran a special about cats and one of the stories was similar to the Indiana Prison story you posted. I can't remember which state it was, but one of their prisons invited one of the local shelters nearby to bring cats over one day per week, and volunteer prisoners spend time with them, groom them, bathe them and so on to make the cats more adoptable. The cats as well as the inmates really seemed to enjoy the activity. I wonder if the Indiana State Prison has a vet come check the cats out, give shots, etc? -bonbon |
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POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what kind of education they get? It would, I would think, be good therapy. I think that's a wonderful idea. I'm not a bleeding heart for prisoners or anything, but it sounds like a winwinwin situation. The prison officials benefit by the calmer prisoners. The cats benefit because there's too many dying for lack of a home already. The prisoners benefit because IMO, the *one* thing we don't ever lose as long as there is breath in our bodies is the need to give, and receive love. Sherry |
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POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what kind of education they get? It would, I would think, be good therapy. I think that's a wonderful idea. I'm not a bleeding heart for prisoners or anything, but it sounds like a winwinwin situation. The prison officials benefit by the calmer prisoners. The cats benefit because there's too many dying for lack of a home already. The prisoners benefit because IMO, the *one* thing we don't ever lose as long as there is breath in our bodies is the need to give, and receive love. Sherry |
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POSTED: 6:04 pm EDT September 13, 2004 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- You'll find some pretty tough cats at the Indiana State Prison. But the real felines have done nothing wrong. They're the pets of prison inmates. Officials say that over the years, stray cats have wandered into the 144-year-old prison. Authorities have allowed some prisoners to keep the animals and now there are 29 cat-owning inmates. According to prison officials, cats have a calming effect on prisoner behavior. At least most of the time. There have been prison fights over the felines. But there's now an unwritten rule at the Indiana penitentiary -- you don't mess with a man's cat. Wow. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what kind of education they get? It would, I would think, be good therapy. I think that's a wonderful idea. I'm not a bleeding heart for prisoners or anything, but it sounds like a winwinwin situation. The prison officials benefit by the calmer prisoners. The cats benefit because there's too many dying for lack of a home already. The prisoners benefit because IMO, the *one* thing we don't ever lose as long as there is breath in our bodies is the need to give, and receive love. Sherry |
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