NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Inmates at the Tennessee Department of Correction have a new opportunity to do good in their community by training service dogs for people in need through a program called ...

This April marked one year since Chase Benoit, a man incarcerated at California’s San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, had laid eyes on Wendel, the guide dog he had once trained in prison. But when ...

Canine Companions' service dogs change the lives of people with disabilities on a daily basis. Organization leaders say this ...

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Dog Section will make history this year with its debut appearance at Crufts 2026 The world’s most famous dogs show will return next month, and HMPPS ...

LANSING –The holiday season at the Department of Corrections is the time of the year when staff, inmates and the public get excited to see the newest edition of the Dogs of the MDOC Calendar. “It ...

A member of the PAWS program at Stanley Correctional Institution (Photo courtesy Wisconsin Department of Corrections) The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on ...

In short order, Teddy—a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab—punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope to open a kitchen cabinet door and tugged a walker across the floor. After ...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Behind the kennels at Boise Bully Breed Rescue, the sound of barking carries more than noise — it carries second chances for both dogs and people rebuilding their lives. The rescue, ...

The Prison Policy Initiative says 96% of incarcerated people will one day return to their communities. That's why ...