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The World's Only Prison Rodeo
The World's Only Prison Rodeo
By: © Nelson Taylor 2012
Founded in 1940, the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo is the world's only rodeo held completely behind prison walls. Normal joes can get a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside a maximum security correctional facility while watching some real men-in-black teach cows and horses who is king. While watching your back to make sure you don't get shivved makes for an intense rodeo-watching experience, the crowd seems to enjoy it more when the inmates are all on the rodeo floor competing in an event called Money the Hard Way.
Every year, rodeo organizers let a Brahma bull loose in the arena with a $100 bill tied to one of his horns. Since $100 is worth about 4 months pay to these hardened criminals, be ready for one hell of a scrap for that c-note. Almost 15,000 show up for this two-night, September event. Ticket range from $6 to $15.
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The above snippet is just one of a collection of 240 off-beat articles on 2camels from Nelson Taylor's wonderful America Bizarro.
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