Rehabilitating criminals by giving them the responsibility to rear parrots and other birds- w/pic

[Kadie]

This jailbird is going to sing: Displays of affection are generally frowned upon at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, South Africa, but certain prisoners are permitted to kiss their parrots. Under the prison's Correctional Bird Project, about a dozen inmates are given the privilege of raising chicks until they're old enough to be sold as pets. To enter the program, inmates must sever any gang ties and refrain from smoking, swearing and drugs.
Photo: Stephane De Sakutin / AFP / Getty Images (sfgate.com)


more pics at...
http://www.daylife.com/search/photos/1/grid?q=Pollsmoor+Prison+bird

and more info at...
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/28/6360136-jailbirds-help-hardened-criminals-to-reform
David R Arnott writes:A notorious South African jail where Nelson Mandela spent six years as an inmate is rehabilitating criminals by giving them the responsibility to rear parrots and other birds. The Correctional Bird Project at Cape Town's Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison tasks inmates to take care of chicks and young birds before they are sold as tame pets to bird lovers.

[aquart]

1. Which is why children should have pets.

Also.

[Juche]

2. Some do that with dogs too in US prisons

Go for it. Rehabilitation and finding ways to let people re-enter society are lacking from prisons.

[ZombieHorde]

3. "inmates must sever any gang ties and refrain from smoking, swearing and drugs"

Seems a bit too much. Humans don't even agree on which words are swear words.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. k&r

[sharesunited]

5. Robert Stroud.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Franklin_Stroud