Organizers expect 12,000 to 16,000 people to show up for the annual event tonight and Saturday night, said Terry Crenshaw, warden's assistant at the state prison. The prison rodeo in McAlester is legendary with such events as "Money The Hard Way,” where inmates scramble to get a piece of ribbon attached to a bull's horns. The winner gets $100.
August 15, 2008
Oklahoma prison rodeos
'Women of the West' take on prison rodeo in McLoudWise is one of nine women who make up the "Women of the West,” rodeo team from the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in McLoud. The women, who have been training since June, will be one of two female teams to compete in the rodeo this weekend in McAlester. The women will compete in bronc riding, bull riding and cattle dogging. Teams from 10 different prisons will compete in the rodeo. Louisiana and Oklahoma are the only states with prison rodeos and Oklahoma's rodeo is the only one in the world behind prison walls.
Organizers expect 12,000 to 16,000 people to show up for the annual event tonight and Saturday night, said Terry Crenshaw, warden's assistant at the state prison. The prison rodeo in McAlester is legendary with such events as "Money The Hard Way,” where inmates scramble to get a piece of ribbon attached to a bull's horns. The winner gets $100.
Organizers expect 12,000 to 16,000 people to show up for the annual event tonight and Saturday night, said Terry Crenshaw, warden's assistant at the state prison. The prison rodeo in McAlester is legendary with such events as "Money The Hard Way,” where inmates scramble to get a piece of ribbon attached to a bull's horns. The winner gets $100.
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