Category: Rehabilitation

SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO PRISON: Documentary maker needs your help

9/4/2015

Award winning Producer, Director &
Human Rights Activist Matthew Cooke is
calling for your help to build a movement by supporting SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO PRISON:

"...a chilling exposé of the criminal justice system in America, told through the eyes of its victims and narrator Matthew Cooke. Executive produced by Adrian Grenier and Susan Sarandon, and featuring Harry Belafonte, Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Michelle Alexander, Tom Morello, and Brandon Boyd."

INMATES' UNIQUE SUCCESS AT REHABILITATING CASTAWAY DOGS

4/18/2015

Castaways is a documentary series chronicling the successful rehabilitation program of inmates that train unwanted dogs for re-introduction or adoption. The series highlights the plight that both prisoners and unwanted dogs face, and how an unlikely union between the two brings out a change in character of both man and beast — each trying to save and serve the other. The results are life-changing for the prisoner, the dog, and the future pet owner. In the video below, you’ll meet a dog named Esther who was severely abused in a puppy mill before being rehabilitated through the Prison-trained K-9 Companion Program. It’s simply incredible to watch as Jason, a prison inmate, forms his bond with Esther, and eventually must say an emotional goodbye after successfully training her and helping her emerge from her shell.

We’ve seen the impact made when these two groups of societal outcasts meet. It’s truly heartwarming — because, while many people shun both inmates and “undesirable” breeds like pit bulls and rottweilers, this program gives them an opportunity to look to each other for affection, friendship, and understanding and to foster each other’s growth. This type of program should be employed in more prisons across the country.

(Original article: Little.things.com)

PRISONERS FIND PURPOSE BEHIND BARS SAVING ANIMALS

3/14/2015

SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO PRISON: Documentary maker needs your help

INMATES' UNIQUE SUCCESS AT REHABILITATING CASTAWAY DOGS

PRISONERS FIND PURPOSE BEHIND BARS SAVING ANIMALS

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