Dogmalion

The Cell Dogs program really seems to have taken off all over the country. What happens is that carefully-screened inmates are taught about dogs and how to train them, then a group of Animal Control dogs are brought in to live with them 24/7 and learn commands. It helps make death row dogs adoptable, and it gives the inmates something healthy and positive to do. After two months, the dogs take an obediance test and graduate from the program. Karen Feldman, the reporter who wrote about my Lilly, gives an in-depth look at the first batch that went through the program at the Lee County Stockade.

Posted by floridacracker at December 10, 2004 06:12 PM