When Christy Nielsen was searching for a new dog, she didn’t go to a pet store, or a breeder or even a shelter. Instead, Nielsen found her Pomeranian, Tinker, at the Omaha Correctional Center. Tinker ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Inmate dog-training programs often draw positive attention for prisons, but they also can open the door to potential problems -- from bites to smuggling -- that can creep in ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Inmate dog-training programs often draw positive attention for prisons, but they also can open the door to potential problems — from bites to smuggling — that can creep in ...

It’s a simple sentiment and one that requires little explanation. See a sign with those words on a fence, and you know there’s a guard on the other side whose bark could be worse than his bite — if ...

Nina Digiacomo said she was made to go to prison. Fueled by anger without a shred of ambition, Digiacomo was prepared to keep her head down and get through her three-year sentence, until an unexpected ...

The Montana Legislature passed a bill to the governor to establish dog training programs in state prison. The state House in the final hours of the 2023 Legislature approved House Bill 941 on a 71-24 ...

Police departments say they can be more creative in their approach to law enforcement when there is a dog on their squad. They also need to be creative when figuring out how to pay for it. Donations ...

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