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| Inmates rescue dogs, who rescue inmates |
| By freep.com- Paul Egan |
| Published: 12/22/2015 |
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COLDWATER — When they're not competing, racing greyhounds spend much of their lives locked in crates. That may partly explain the connection between the dogs and the Michigan inmates who prepare them for adoption as house pets after their racing days are done. At Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, where the state's oldest inmate-greyhound program is nine years old, most of the dog handlers are convicted killers. But these hardened men go unabashedly soft when it comes to the dogs under their care. "They make you feel again," said Lewis Hart, 58, of Detroit, who is serving life for a 1996 murder and armed robbery. "It's hard to say good-bye to each of them," Hart said. "Every time you get a dog, you think this one right here is the one that really touched your heart. And then the next one comes along, and does the same thing." Read More. |
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