THE BENEFITS FOR THE INMATES:
- Participants learn to redirect their focus from themselves to care for another
- They learn a valuable, marketable job skill
- There is satisfaction as they volunteer their time to save an animal’s life
- It allows the opportunity to return something positive to the community – a healthy, well socialized and well adjusted pet
- There is a sense of accomplishment and pride when the dog successfully graduates
THE BENEFITS TO CORRECTIONAL STAFF:
- Adds a successful and popular vocational program
- Improves inmate cooperation
- Inmates are more compliant with fewer violations
- Promotes an institutional environment of less tension and violence while improving communication between staff and inmates
THE BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY:
- Lowers rate of euthanasia in Lee County’s animal shelters
- Lowers recidivism and cost to “tax payer”
- Lowers cost for animal control
- Provides well trained dogs for adoption
- Provides more productive members of society.
- To learn more about the adoption process, contact Lee County Domestic Animal Services 239-533-7387