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| Prison inmates could learn from caring for children |
| By dailybarometer.com - Andrew Vervioet |
| Published: 05/08/2013 |
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Recently I watched a great documentary called “Shelter Me.” The film looks at animal shelters, and really tries to promote a positive image toward people getting new dogs from shelters. The most striking section of the movie though, was a segment that addressed the partnering of a service dog program that pulls dogs from shelters, and pairs them with women who are prisoners in the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDC), to be trained. This should be taken a step further: Prisons should pair with impoverished parents to create a daycare program. Currently there are a few programs that use a select group of outstanding prisoners as trainers for service dogs. The MDC pairs up with CHAMP assistance dogs, Inc., a group whose mission is “to improve and enhance life skills and promote companionship through the placement of specially selected service dogs with qualified individuals, and further, to always celebrate the mystery and joy inherent in the canine/human bond.” Another group, New Horizons Service Dogs (NHSD), works with the Florida Department of Corrections, allowing male prisoners of the Sago Palm Work Camp to train dogs for future service with the disabled. Both of these programs have had great success, with MDC stating in “Shelter Me” that not a single prisoner that completed their service time while being involved in the program has returned to prison. NHSD states, “the skills that [the prisoners] acquire during this process will improve their chances of success once they are released from prison and re-enter the outside community.” Read More. |
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