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Feb 18, 2010 at 11:06 AM CDT
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Feb 18, 2010 at 11:06 AM CDT
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The Gwinnett County sheriff's office has begun placing dogs taken from animal shelters with inmates,
with the object of giving both a second chance.
The program allows inmates to train dogs in order to save the animals' lives and find them permanent homes.
Each dog is placed with two inmates. The dog is trained in basic obedience, groomed and exercised.
Sheriff Butch Conway says the idea is to make the dog more adoptable and help inmates develop vocational skills. He says it's the first such program in Georgia.
Care, food, training and veterinary services are provided through volunteers and a group called the Society of Humane Friends, which will work to place the dogs in homes.
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