Rachel
09-08-2008, 04:43 AM
I have been writing to a distant cat-cousin living in Thailand who has made close friend with inmates at the Bang Kwang prison. He and other cats living there have helped the inmates, as well as the prison officials, to discover the therapeutic value of cats.
As my pen pal explains, with the seriousness of their crimes, inmates in Bang Kwang Prison have little hope of finishing their jail terms before 30 years and, in many cases, face lifetime imprisonment. With such an eternity, most of their relatives stop visiting. These inmates have found comfort in the fact that the prison cats, who have been around the prison since before it was built, listen to them.
Full story: Ouray News
(http://www.ouraynews.com/Articles-i-2008-09-03-183976.112113_Thai_pen_pal_tells_tale_of_helping_o ut_prison_inmates.html)
As my pen pal explains, with the seriousness of their crimes, inmates in Bang Kwang Prison have little hope of finishing their jail terms before 30 years and, in many cases, face lifetime imprisonment. With such an eternity, most of their relatives stop visiting. These inmates have found comfort in the fact that the prison cats, who have been around the prison since before it was built, listen to them.
Full story: Ouray News
(http://www.ouraynews.com/Articles-i-2008-09-03-183976.112113_Thai_pen_pal_tells_tale_of_helping_o ut_prison_inmates.html)