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"On your way home from work

"you stop at the shopping mall

"to pick up some dinner.

"As you walk past a restaurant

"you catch a glimpse of your partner

"with another man or woman.

"They are kissing publicly and very passionately.

"Up until this moment

"you believed your relationship was stable,

"loving and committed.

"A. I don't feel angry at all.

"B. I feel slightly annoyed.

"C. I feel moderately angry.

"D. I feel very angry. E. I feel furious.

"At a karaoke night, your friends..."

Yeah.

I know.

Let's do it differently.

Um...

Let me be more specific.

You've been in isolation in Ely State Prison

and you've just been transferred here,

back into isolation again.

What do you think about that?

As I said, this is your pre-classification meeting,

so that we can discover what options are available to you

as you enter back into the general population.

Is there a vocation you're interested in?

Would you like to resume your education?

It's just... It's real easy to get lost in the system.

Especially when you come into a new facility,

and, you know, you're not from around here.

I'm just trying to find out what's important to you.

Is your freedom important to you?

Is that something you think about?

Are you listening to me at all, Mr. Coleman?

- Yeah. - "Yeah" what?

Yeah, you're listening? Or yeah, your freedom's important to you?

- I'm listening. - Okay, thank you.

Just get me back there.

Hey, hey, hey, hey! What?

It's okay, thank you. Sit down!

Sit down. Sit down!

I get it. You feel like you have no control in here.

I get it. I understand that.

I am giving you some control.

That's what this is.

And like it or not, you're gonna be reintegrated into the general population.

Hmm. I'm not good with people.

All right.

I can get you into the outdoor maintenance program then.

And while you're there,

you'll have the opportunity to reflect on where you wanna be.

- Can I go now? - Yep.

Open D wing!

Pop three.

Want one?

Here you go. Start with this pile right here.

- Are you kidding me? - No, man.

When you get done with it, put it in that pile over there.

What, you're in charge here?

Yeah, I'm the chief of shit-shoveling. Get for it, get busy.

Come on, let's go.

Pop three.

You smell like shit.

What the hell are you doing in there? Get out now!

You never go in there. That's a dangerous animal.

Don't ever fuck with him.

You have a name? What's your name?

Roman.

Well, Roman,

I don't need my yard and my lawn fertilized.

So why don't you just take your wheelbarrow and your pitchfork

and get rid of all this shit?

Coleman! Visitor.

- Who the hell are you? - I'm over here.

I love it.

All right. And one of you two.

Why are you here?

All right.

Very good.

I just need you to sign this.

Don't come back here.

Very good.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Good day.

And... All right.

Okay, guys. Now, is everybody ready?

Yes, boss.

'Cause this one is particularly crazed.

- All right. - So be very careful.

And open the gate on three.

- One... - Whoo!

Two...

Three! Let her rip!

Yeah. Son of a bitch. Look at him go.

Jesus Christ.

How long you been standing here?

Huh?

I'm talking to you. Yeah, right.

How long you been here?

You can make a sound, right? You can speak?

- Yeah, I can. - Okay. What's your name?

I told you, sir. It's Coleman Roman.

Coleman Roman is your name?

That's a joke, right?

Shut up, Henry. It's not funny.

He's got a name. It's just backwards.

- You ever rode a horse? - No, sir.

5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

No, I'm just here for maintenance.

No, sir. You're not here for maintenance.

You're here to do what I decide you're gonna do.

And here's the drill.

If you can stay in there for more than five seconds,

you're in the program.

Get it? And you're in charge.

Get him fed, get him water and get him calmed down.

Your boots, Mr. Coleman.

Yeah, they go on your feet.

Fellas, fellas, fellas, good morning, good morning, good morning.

- Just in time. What up? - What's up? What's up?

Mikey. How you feeling? All right?

- Oh, good morning. - Good morning, good morning.

Whoo! Hey, did you get that...

What's up? What's up?

Hey, man, what's up? How you been? Top of the morning.

Ah, ah, ah, got the boots on.

Oh, yeah, don't worry, you'll get used to it.

Nice boots.

Pop your cherry today, homeboy. Walking a little funny.

That's definitely not their first rodeo.

Cute in that orange.

He's fucking with you, man. He's fucking with you.

The whole purpose of this program is to learn how to break these wild horses

and turn them into some horse of value

that can be auctioned off in the next 12 weeks.

It pays to keep this program running, and ultimately,

our rehabilitation.

And ironically enough, the police buy most of them.

That horse is crazy.

He's really spooking out right now.

Why's that?

I don't know. Why don't you ask him? You ready?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Get back.

Hey, listen up. 'Cause I'm the best trainer in here.

See this? This is your hand.

You always wanna control your hand.

What you wanna do is find an opening, you know?

Get him going.

Hey, hey. You just wanna get him going.

And make sure you stay in the center.

All right? Make him move around you.

Come on.

Now, normally, when you start a new horse,

you can keep him right along the fence like he is right now.

Because they're trying to keep as much space as they can away from you.

All right? Now the first thing you wanna do

is just establish direction.

Get him going one way and then send him the other way.

And after you get that down pat,

you can start working on the hook and the draw.

Or as I like to call, "the touch."

All right?

Like I said, respect his space, okay?

And he'll respect yours.

And never look him in the eye.

Get your ass in here.

Come on, man. We ain't got all fucking day.

Don't forget the stick.

All right.

Whenever you're ready, Roman Coleman.

Hips, Roman.

- What about them? - Your shit is tight.

You need to loosen it up a little bit if you wanna connect with him, all right?

I bet you don't have one good fucking dance move.

Oh, this is gonna be fucking great.

Where you going? Where you going?

All right, look. Drop the stick. Fuck the stick.

Put your hands up, all right? Establish a boundary.

Now tell your horse to back off!

Back off.

- With your body. - Back off. Back the fuck off.

You're acting like a bitch right now, Roman.

- Tell him to back off. - Back off!

Back off!

- With your body, Roman. Come on. - Well, back the fuck off!

It's good, Roman Coleman,

but if you wanna control your horse, first you gotta control yourself.

Yeah. You be the boss. You got it, Roman.

Just keep working on them dance moves. Hips!

Go over there. Go over there, man.

Yeah, come on, move it.

- There you go. - Come on.

You're really not that bad for a first time.

I'm actually pretty proud of you.

I looked up and that motherfucker just ran straight over me.

Then I look back up

and I got 15 horse cocks swinging in my fucking face.

You actually have to be on the horse, man.

You spend more time on the ground than you do on your horse.

Fuck you, Tom.

Have you seen T-Bird? That motherfucker's a maniac.

He's not one of the lazy, squishy donkey types.

What, man?

- I'm just listening. - Hey, what's your name again?

Roman.

- You got the new horse, right? - Yeah.

Ooh! The new horse!

When I first saw T-Bird I was like,

"I pity the fool that gotta ride that motherfucker!"

- Happened to be me. - Time's up!

Come on, man. You know we got like three more minutes in here.

- You're done. Time's up! - All right, all right!

What you looking at, man?

All you need to be looking at is them hips, shoulders,

hips, shoulders, hips, shoulders.

Work on them dance moves, man. You'll be all right.

Hey, man. What's up?

- Hey. - Hey there.

Hey, how you feeling? Any better?

What up, dawg?

What's up?

Yo, watch my back.

That's a soldier, too.

He's got the crazy eye.

I already signed that.

You forgot to initial.

Emancipation? What the fuck is that?

I found a job, I have a boyfriend and I'm ready to leave.

Just sign.

My boyfriend's a mechanic.

He's opening up a garage in Atlanta

and I'm gonna work there as a receptionist.

Hey there. Would you guys like your photo taken today?

Yeah, sure.

- That'd be great. - No, not really, man.

Yeah, it'd be great.

- Thank you. - All right, come with me.

- Come with me. - Come on, Dad.

If you're all set, then why do you need this?

I'm selling Grandma's house in Bakersfield,

but I can't unless you sign.

All right, now don't look at the camera.

Just look at my finger over here.

Okay. You can even smile, if you like.

Take your picture, man.

You can't sell the house.

I need to sell the house.

Great.

Just one more. Hold on.

Uh, maybe you turn and face each other a little bit.

- Great. - Yeah, we're done.

That's a nice one.

I need the money to raise this baby.

So he got a daddy?

Well, I ain't the Virgin Mary.

So why doesn't he take care of the baby then?

What do you know about taking care of a baby?

What do you know about taking care of anything?

- That house is mine. - Lower your voice.

It belongs to me. Grandma left it to me.

No, she left it to us.

- Really? - Yeah.

And you need it here?

Here, where your clothes are washed,

your meals are served.

You have a bed.

Shit, you're even tan.

You're a dependent of the state

and it's like you're on permanent fucking vacation.

Shut the fuck up!

I think you'd marry that horse if you could.

Don't worry, homie. Your secret's safe with me.

You should've seen him propose earlier, man.

Hey, I think you already got engaged, homie. Straight up!

Whoa, man, I ain't even playing.

Ooh, someone's mad.

Roman!

Hey, Roman!

Roman!

You know, riding a mustang, that's the easy part.

The hard part

is getting your hands on him in the first place.

Isn't that right, Coleman?

Why don't you come on over here

and get in there and calm him down?

- I'm not getting in there. - Do it.

And not only do it, get it done. Go.

Don't forget your stick.

As soon as he turns around, you get in there.

Come on. Come on.

Now get his attention.

Behave yourself.

Push him back.

Hang in there, Roman! You're doing great.

Come on. Yeah, that's it. Come on, you stop now.

Come here, come here.

- Come on, Coleman, block him up! - You stop. You stop. Just stop!

Stop it!

You got game, son! Hang in there with him!

- Get out of there, bro! - Get out of there!

Jesus Christ! What the hell are you doing?

Get out of there!

Back off! Back off!

Back off!

Thomas! Bring the ketamine and tranquilize him!

Coleman, can you breathe?

Easy, easy, easy.

Man, come on!

Ask me at the horse program.

I never wanna see your goddamn face again.

Psst. Psst. Psst.

Shit.

Come on, Coleman, get up. I got a cellblock to feed.

Psst!

What do you want?

- A magazine. - I got you.

No, no, no, not like that.

Marquis... Marquis...

Come on.

Yeah, good boy. Good boy.

Now come with me. Come with me. Come on.

That's it. That's it. That's it.

Now don't come here. Don't come here.

And stop.

Now get back there. Get back there. Come on.

Coleman, out of bed! Come on, man. Hurry up!

- What's going on? - Get dressed.

A nasty thunderstorm is seven miles out.

Need all the riders we can get. Let's go!

We gotta get control over this side.

Get that horse out of that pen over there.

It's not the fence, it's not the fence.

It's the horses. They're gonna hurt themselves!

Easy.

Calm down.

Easy.

Come here.

Come here.

Henry!

Easy.

Come on. That's it.

That's it.

Come on.

Come on. Easy, easy!

Come on, get bridles on them and get them out!

Walk them down to the kitchen.

All right, fellas, let's make some room in here!

Try to get as many horses as you can in here.

Can somebody bring an extra halter?

I'm right here, okay? Easy.

Tom, are you okay?

Mikey, are you okay?

Stop that. Stop that. Go on, get away.

Stop that.

Henry!

Yo, back off!

Jesus Christ.

All right. He's good, man. He's good.

You're all right. Relax.

Coleman!

You're back.

If you ever hit another horse,

I'm gonna see you do 10 years in a psychiatric ward.

- You got that? - I do, sir. Thank you.

You earned that.

We've got four weeks before the auction.

Let's see if you and your horse can catch up.

- How's your horse? - Doing all right.

There you go.

Yeah, price is gonna blow up at the auction, man!

Come on, give T-Bird a kiss.

You're gonna be top seller, huh?

And he can still cha-cha!

That's what I'm talking about!

That's right, homie. Do the Macarena!

Hey, bud.

It's me.

Come here.

What the fuck?

Look like somebody's mad at you today, huh?

He won't listen. He won't let me approach him.

I wouldn't let you approach me either, motherfucker.

All right, cowboy, look. Jump in the middle.

It's real simple.

When both ears are pointing one way, to the front,

he's happy.

When they're both pointing to the back, he ain't so happy.

You see his ears?

Just tell me what to do, all right?

You gotta be patient, man.

You gotta be patient if you wanna get your hands on him.

It's a real nice horse you got here, man. What'd you name him?

I haven't named him yet.

Everybody need a name, Roman.

It might be the reason he's not coming when you call him.

I read something about a guy

who could gallop so slow,

it took him an hour to go 300 yards.

That's the whole story? That's slower than that mule over there.

- That's very unimpressive. - No, no, no.

It's about controlling strength.

He was using silk reins.

- Silk reins? - Yeah.

Okay.

The guy's name was Marquis.

Look alive! We got happy ears.

Marquis.

Now that you've figured that part out,

you might as well go ahead and jump in the middle.

All right?

Be on his time. And remember what I told you about your shoulders?

You gotta loosen up. You gotta loosen up.

- What's up? - What's up, man?

What's up?

I think so, boss. I think so.

You turn your back on me?

All right, come here.

Come on. Come on!

Stay there. All right?

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Come on!

All right.

All right. Now just stay there.

That's it. That's it, easy.

Come on.

I'm tired, man.

And you're tired, too. So...

Now let's do it.

Come on. Please.

Please stay there.

Please, come on.

Come on, please! Come on, stay there, man!

Just fucking listen to me!

Do you hear me?

I'm not gonna hurt you! You hear me?

You hear me, you stupid animal?

Hey, bud.

All right, now...

Where are you going? Hey, stay here.

Oh, my God. What a business.

But to really get his attention,

you gotta use your hands.

Attaboy, Coleman. You're getting it.

The horse needs to feel you and him are in sync.

Whoa! Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.

Come on, keep going.

Looks like he's ready to ride.

- Really? - Yeah.

But loosen the rein on his neck.

That's good. Right there is perfect.

Right there is perfect. Keep going. Keep going.

That's it.

It's balance. It's all about balance

and not getting discouraged.

Good job out there. Way to stick with it.

- Thanks, man. - Yeah, man. Great work, man.

Thanks.

He thought I didn't see that shit.

Hey, man, what'd I tell you?

Hips, shoulders, hips, shoulders, baby.

You still can't fucking dance,

but you might be a cowboy in no time, let me tell you.

You know, it won't fucking kill you to smile, man.

That shit's free. It don't cost nothing.

Pop three!

Hey, bud.

How's the farm? How are you?

I heard somebody's smuggling the ketamine.

None of my business.

Now it is.

Your daughter's real pretty.

We wanna taste that dope on Monday morning.

What's your problem, man?

Huh?

Trying to get a fight for that?

What the fuck you doing that for?

You better stay there, boy.

Stay away from my game.

Back to the game!

That's right, motherfucker. Lift some weights.

- Get outta here. - Come on, man.

That was good.

- All right, that's it. - Why's that?

Hmm?

Did you know that

at six months, a fetus can suck its own thumb?

Pretty crazy, ain't it?

There are guys out there who know where your daughter lives.

She wasn't hard to find.

Sleep tight, John Wayne.

The auction's in two weeks! You gotta be ready.

Stay in sync with him!

What?

Stay in sync with him!

If you pull back, he's gonna stop.

If you spur him, he's gonna go.

Make up your fucking mind.

That's it. Now you got it, God damn it.

There you go.

There you...

Why do you spur him?

Why do you spur him?

God damn it, don't pull his head back!

That's it.

That's all?

Yeah, I'm not the only one doing this.

You're gonna have to wait a week or two.

That's not gonna work.

Coleman, stop pulling and pushing.

He doesn't know what message you're trying to send him,

to stop or go forward.

That's good. Now, that's it. Stop. Now go forward. Move him forward.

Move him forward!

Now you're getting it.

Now you got it.

Straighten up, cowboy.

Now you got it. Now you got it!

God damn it, who knew?

I got the touch! I got it!

- That's right, bro. You got it. - Did you see that?

I got it.

You're following me?

All right.

Go there.

Come on. What did I tell you? Go there.

Huh?

Why are you not listening to me?

Give me some space.

That's it. Give me some space.

Welcome to today's restorative justice session,

otherwise known as anger management.

I wanna commend you all again

for making the courageous decision

to understand and address

the harm that you caused the victims of your crimes.

And welcome to our new participant, Roman Coleman.

Roman, thank you for making the choice to come.

Today, our goal is to experience empathy,

to understand the power of an apology,

and to be open to our faults.

Who would like to start?

Remember, this is a safe space.

You guys have already made a lot of headway here.

I got, uh, 10 years for manslaughter.

And how long from the thought of the crime

to the actual crime?

About a second.

About a second?

Seventeen years for strong-arm robbery.

Eighteen years.

For what?

For first-degree murder.

Since I was 14.

And how long from the thought of the crime

to the actual crime?

Uh, well, just spontaneous.

Ten seconds.

Five seconds.

Twenty-two seconds.

About three seconds.

How long have you been in prison?

Twelve years.

And how long from the thought of the crime

to the actual crime?

A split second.

Thanks for coming.

It was nice what you wrote to me.

So what is it you wanna tell me?

I'm working outdoors with horses.

- Horses? - Yeah.

The ones you see on your way in here.

I'm riding them. I'm training them.

We got this auction thing coming up next week.

I'd like you to come.

Sounds fun.

I think you'd like him.

His name is Marquis. That's my horse.

You think riding horses can change anything?

I'm gonna ask you something.

Something I don't deserve. I know that.

I want you to hear me out.

What's that?

There are so many things

I've been wanting to say for such a long time.

I'm not who I used to be.

Whatever happened was an accident.

I never meant to hurt her.

And whatever I've done,

you'll always be my baby girl.

I'm listening.

Come on, sit down, sit down.

I don't remember everything.

She flushed my party stuff

down the drain.

She was looking out for me and I didn't see it like that.

She started yelling.

I started yelling.

We got into a fight,

and we're running around the house.

And she hit me.

I hit her back.

I was so angry.

So I hit her head against the sink,

until her skull cracked.

- I was a kid... - I was a kid.

You left me alone to take care of my mom.

To dress her and feed her, and wipe her ass,

and give her her medicine every day.

Do you know what that was like?

Do you know what that was like?

I love you.

I love you so much.

You'll never know.

One day, someday, I'll make it up to you.

I promise.

I just wanna say to all of you,

we're not training these horses

for little kids' birthday parties and pony rides.

Some of these horses are gonna go

and protect the United States border down there.

So you gotta get them used to racing and chasing.

- Got it? - Yes, boss.

Tell you what, man. You see my cousin, you run the other way, all right?

Come on, we're out of here, Thomas.

Get down! Everybody on the fucking ground! Now!

Now, down, down!

Everybody down, down!

- Don't move! - Face in the dirt!

Control, I need backup on the lower yard.

I got a man down. I need medical.

I need backup now.

- Don't move! - Shut up! Get your face in the dirt!

Tower, anybody move...

Fuck you. You fucking piece of shit!

Guard!

Guard!

Spirits never break.

I don't know that my spirit's broken.

But it took a hell of a beating today, I'll tell you that.

- I'll ride his horse. - Okay.

Get it done.

Proud to work with you.

- Good night. - Good night, boss.

See y'all tomorrow morning.

We'll ride for Henry.

Come on, come on.

You ready?

Yeah.

You think she's gonna come?

Huh?

Well, folks...

Thank you for showing up and I wanna welcome you

to the 25th Nevada State Wild Horse Inmate Auction.

Okay, everybody get ready.

It's almost showtime.

An association we got to give a shout-out to

the Bureau of Land Management.

And together we're all real proud

to present some of the most beautiful animals you will ever see.

Thanks to you, farmers, ranchers, border patrol police,

they'll find a home today.

So give it up for my men!

Yeah, give it up for them.

Attaboy, Thomas.

First up,

Thomas Youngblood on T-Bird,

trained by Henry Cooper.

All right, Thomas, bring him in.

This is number 1283, first horse today.

A blaze face, three white feet.

What do we get for him? How about $1, 500?

Fifteen! Would you give 15, would you give 15?

Give 500 to start. 500!

Now half. Would you give 500? Anybody for 550?

Now $600.

I'm at five-and-a-half. Would you give 600? 650, now seven.

Six-and-a-half. Would you give seven? Seven to buy him new.

Would you give $700, seven-and-a-half?

800, now half, now 900! I'm at 900! Now nine-and-a-half.

Your turn again. We're at nine-and-a-half.

Don't let him get away for that. Nine-and-a-half.

$1,000. Now 1,050.

I'm at 1,000. Would you give 1,050?

Would you give 1,050? Thank you, sir!

Now 11, now a half, now 12.

12, 12, 12. Anybody here, would you give 1,200?

Sold! Right here, $1,200! 1,200!

Let's have a big hand for Tom and T-Bird!

Hell no, man. 1,200?

I'm telling you, Henry would've got

three times more than that. Straight out, man.

Sold to the Las Vegas Police Department

at $1,200!

Next up, Michael Anderson on Lollypop!

He's number 1287.

Hey, what are we gonna get for him?

You tell me. What do you think about 2, 500 for him?

Here's 25, 25. Would you give 25? Would you give 25?

Would you give $1,000?

You gotta... Look, you gotta let him think about it.

You're trying to rush him too much.

All right, go. Go!

No, no, man. You gotta take it easy. I'm serious. This is...

He's gonna blow up on you.

It's okay.

That's it. That's it.

Okay.

Just remember, all the proceeds from the auction

will go directly to the Bureau of Land Management's

Wild Mustang Conservation Program.

Remember along with me, folks,

these horses need your help.

And we've come to the final horse and rider of today's auction.

Hey, hey!

- Marquis and Roman Coleman. - Calm down.

Let's go.

Damn it!

God damn, Roman!

That's what's up!

- Good boy. - All right, folks.

What are we gonna get for him?

I wanna get 1, 500. Would you give 15,

would you give 15, would you give 1, 500?

$1,000. 500 here, now 600.

I'm at five. Would you give 600? 600, sir?

600, now seven. Would you give 700, ma'am?

Seven, now 800, sir.

Eight, would you give 800? Eight, now nine. Now nine.

Now 950. Now 1,000.

Now nine. Would you give $1,000?

Thank you! Now 1,100? Eleven to buy him.

Would you give 11 for it? 11, 11 to buy him.

Maybe you would. Eleven, 11, 10-and-a-half?

Eleven, now half, 11-and-a-half.

Would you give 11-and-a-half? Now 12.

Now half. Would you give 12-and-a-half?

Would you give 12-and-a-half to buy him?

11 to buy him. You wanna give 11 for it?

11, 11 to buy him? Maybe you would. 11, 11, 10-and-a-half?

Eleven, now half. 11-and-a-half. Now 12.

Twelve? Now half. Would you give 12-and-a-half?

Marquis! Marquis!

Thomas! Thomas, get in there!

Get the ketamine and control him!

Help me! Help me!

Yeah.

I have Coleman here, sir.

- Bring him in. - Come on in, Coleman.

- Well, get that shit off his wrists. - Yes, sir.

Thank you, bud. If you can wait outside, that'd be cool.

- Yes, sir. - Thank you.

Have a seat.

See there?

Forty-two years ago, me in the saddle.

You wanted to see me, sir?

'Cause they're shutting the program down.

I'm really sorry, sir.

You're sorry?

Jesus Christ, don't tell me you're sorry.

Go out there and tell your horse you're sorry!

'Cause when the vet gets here,

he's gonna put him down!

- What are you talking about? - That surprises you?

You have to remember something.

I've worked with horses a long goddamn time.

And some you can break,

and some you can't.

And you know what else is a real shame?

The humpty dumpty way they put that goddamn fence back together again.

With adhesive tape!

Just like on your head. Adhesive tape!

To mend a fucking fence? Jesus Christ!

Marquis.

Hey.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Come on. Come on.

Come here, come here.

Fuck.

Come here. Come here. Get in there.

Wait a minute.

Go. Come on.

No!

Come on. Go there.

Go there. Marquis. Marquis. Marquis.

You gotta go. When I say go, you go. Okay?

Come on. Come on, Marquis.

Get out of here. Get out there!

Down, down!

Don't move!

I'm not going anywhere! I'm not going anywhere.

- I promise, I'm not going anywhere! - On your knees.

Put your hands on your head!

Onto the ground!

When I was six,

I, uh started to write letters of support to your parole board.

But your parole was always denied, so...

I thought it was my fault that you were still in prison.

Because I wasn't a good enough writer.

Then when I got older,

I understood.

You didn't wanna get out.

So I stopped writing.

I kept one of those letters.

"My dad is fun.

"Send him back home."

Next time I'll bring Martin.

He's your grandson.