When Christy Nielsen was searching for a new dog, she didn’t go to a pet store, or a breeder or even a shelter. Instead, Nielsen found her Pomeranian, Tinker, at the Omaha Correctional Center. Tinker ...

SCOTT CO., Ky. (LEX 18) — A nonprofit called "Pawsitive Partners" is making its way to several Kentucky prisons. The program allows inmates to train dogs in basic commands. Tracey Hagan, the ...

Inside a New Mexico prison program where inmates train shelter dogs, build empathy and prepare for life after release.

Years ago, the kennels at Cabarrus Correctional Center held bloodhounds used to track and catch escapees. Nowadays, the inmates are on much better terms with the kennel's inhabitants. The "New Leash ...

Paws of Redemption is a new rehabilitation program where inmates at the ASPC-Lewis facility train shelter dogs to prepare them for adoption. The 12-week program teaches dogs basic commands and ...

A dog training program at FCI Thomson is getting started now that the the first dogs arrived at the facility. The prison launched Pawsitive Paws Dog Training. The dogs will be trained by inmates to ...

Inside the walls of Oklahoma State Reformatory, inmates are helping train rescue dogs that will one day support veterans ...

CHINO, Calif. (KABC) -- A dog training program at a local prison is helping families dealing with autism and giving female inmates a sense of pride. For 4-year-old Marlee Paris, who is living with ...

IT’S A PROGRAM TRULY GIVING PUPS A NEW LEASH ON LIFE AS THEY WALK THE CORRIDORS OF LOUISIANA PRISON. YEAH. THE PARTNERSHIP, A COLLABORATION WITH THE SPCA, THE DOG SCHOOL AND THE LOUISIANA CORRECTIONAL ...

Six inmates at Brown Creek Correctional Institution in Polkton are part of a new program called "New Leash on Life" that provides dog obedience training to help homeless dogs become adoptable. (Source ...

STANLEY — Incarcerated individuals at Stanley Correctional Institution and Jackson Correctional Institution have been training canines since 2016. Dozens of PIOCs — inmates are referred to as “persons ...

FCI Thomson announced a new program that lets inmates train dogs to be service animals. The facility will be partnering with VIP Service Dog Foundation for the program. The dogs will stay at the ...