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In Florence, Arizona, he\u2019s a caretaker, helping wild horses find a home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoy working with horses,\u201d says Abdul-Wakil. \u201cI\u2019ve learned and I feel I have a knack for it. I\u2019m pretty good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a grey day and muddy rainwater pools around the horse pens mixing with green and tan stalks of alfalfa and dung. Abdul-Wakil wears a brown cowboy hat and a hunter orange jacket and pants, both stamped with the letters \u201cADC\u201d \u2013 Arizona Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really couldn\u2019t consider myself a cowboy,\u201d says Abdul-Wakil. \u201cI barely know how to make a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Wakil has served 17 years in prison for second-degree murder. In November of this year, he will be released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy long term goal is pretty much to find some place that I can work with horses.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_audio admin_label=&#8221;Audio&#8221; audio=&#8221;https:\/\/kjzz2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/WildHorsesFINAL-MIX_mixdown.wav&#8221; artist_name=&#8221;Trenae Nuri&#8221; album_name=&#8221;Next Generation Radio&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;26&#8243; caption_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/kjzz2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/MississippiTrainsHorse.jpg&#8221;] [\/et_pb_audio][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=&#8221;Testimonial&#8221; author=&#8221;Dashonte Abdul-Wakil&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; quote_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; use_background_color=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f5f5&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; portrait_border_radius=&#8221;90&#8243; portrait_width=&#8221;90&#8243; portrait_height=&#8221;90&#8243; body_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>\u201cI really couldn\u2019t consider myself a cowboy, I barely know how to make a fire.\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_video admin_label=&#8221;Video&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/kjzz2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/NEXTGENRADIO_WILD_HORSES-1.mp4&#8243; image_src=&#8221;https:\/\/kjzz2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/Dashonte.jpg&#8221;] [\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Story Body&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>When the Bureau of Land Management catches wild horses in Nevada, Wyoming, California or Colorado, they face 120 days of training before being adopted. Many end up in the hands of the Arizona Department of Corrections. Specifically, the Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP) where inmates work with experienced horse trainers to domesticate wild horses. The program has existed since April 2012 and WHIP Supervisor Randy Helm says a lot of the horses that get trained find homes with the U.S. Border Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main problem is overpopulation,\u201d Helm explains. \u201cRight now, the range will support around 27,000 across the whole Rocky Mountains. This folding season, I\u2019ve heard numbers anywhere from 50-60,000 in the wild, and there\u2019s going to be 20 percent more next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helm says the growing population leads to overgrazing and that can create deadly consequences for horse. WHIP ensures that horse populations remain healthy and viable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell the guys, \u2018if you don\u2019t learn from these horses while you\u2019re in here, you\u2019re missing the biggest opportunity\u2019,\u201d Helm says. \u201cThese horses have to learn how to function in a culture that is opposed to the way they\u2019ve been functioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Story Body&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>After a year in the program, Abdul-Wakil says he has worked with 12 horses: five were adopted, two were sent back and the rest are currently training. When he gets released at the end of the year, he says he hopes to find a place that will allow him to continue working with wild horses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just like a drug when you find that you\u2019re good at something you want to do,\u201d says Abdul-Wakil. \u201cIt\u2019s legal and you won\u2019t get in trouble and they\u2019ll pay you to do it? 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