Project Pooch

May 10 2010 by admin in Law Advice |2 Comments

Project Pooch features a program run by a non-profit organization which matches shelter dogs will prison inmates to correct the behavior of both. Mercedes Rose takes us to MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn, Oregon to demonstrate how this unique project is making a difference. Part of the Sustainable Today program on “Prisons and the Justice system” broadcast December 2008.

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jccp18 says:

May 10, 2010 at 9:40 pm

I helped build these buildings I was at MacLaren youth correctional when I was 15 years old in 1994I was on Mackay cottage Anger management
lucybells0 says:

May 10, 2010 at 10:24 pm

A truly beautiful program.

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