UNITED STATES - JUNE 30: Inmates prepare to head back to their cells after training the dogs for the day. Training the dogs is akin to a full time job for the men, with a fixed schedule and routine happening everyday. The men must care for, exercise and feed the dogs - giving them a sense of responsibility for living creatures, or as the many of them noted, "as if they were our kids."
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Dog Training Program Symbolizes Hope For Florida Inmates

Training programs for at-risk or rescue dogs are becoming creative and resourceful in finding ways to make canines more adoptable. In Florida, one program aims to rehabilitate both at-risk dogs and inmates who are looking to go back into society as reformed individuals.

Teaching Animals and Inmates Life Skills–also known as TAILS–is the program that Florida Department of Corrections approved to put…

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