I saw a show on Animal Planet the other day (at least I believe it was that
channel) about a prison where they reabilitate (sp?) stray dogs by giving a
dog to a prisoner to work with for weeks until the dog can be adopted out.
It was a really neat show, both dogs and prisoners benefitted from the
experience. The prison also had a horse reabilitation center!

Stacey ;)

I agree. Very sad about the addiction of that animal.

BUT, it's quite brilliant that the prison is open-minded enough to allow
prisoners to have pets. Learning to care for and respect an animal can be the
first step in a violent priosner learning to care for an respect a human. A
local shelter near me does something similar but with very low-risk prisoners,
and I'm all for it. Animals show they care in a non-judgemental way. They don't
care if you are balck, white, fat, thin, religious, non-religious, whatever.
They simply nrespond to love and care shown to them.

Cheers, helen s

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Not these I dont think, the prison is rife with drugs which
they are allowed to smoke and everything is filthy,Isuppose itsquite sad
really, It also appears to be a cut throat place where anything goes.
not a good place for rehabilitation.  Jean P.