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slightlv

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5. This would be such an important program...

Reply to soldierant (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:51 PM

Jun 1

both for the prisoners and the clients who'd receive the working dogs. Have you heard or seen if it's more...or less... accepted by private prisons or state run ones? States can often have more flexibility than a 3rd party prison system might have. We're moving toward a totally private, corporate-driven prison system I'd hate to see a service like this... or the one with cats... sacrificed to some corporate greed or stodginess.

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What happens if you give prisoners a cat? [View all] red dog 1 Jun 1 OP

I saw this episode on My Cat from Hell on the Animal Planet last weekend..great stuff 😻 Deuxcents Jun 1 #1

Such a wonderful program. StarryNite Jun 1 #2

I figured Jackson Galaxy was somehow involved. soldierant Jun 1 #3

This would be such an important program... slightlv Jun 1 #5

I'm in Colorado soldierant Jun 2 #6

Thanks for the in depth reply, soldierant! slightlv Jun 2 #7

Thank you so much. soldierant Jun 2 #8

I read a couple of years ago in the local paper that slightlv Jun 1 #4