Sheriff Ted Jackson wants to put dogs in the county jail, and Fulton commissioners have lent their support. It's another program to help rehabilitate inmates and, hopefully, reduce recidivism in a jail that being monitored by a federal judge because of overcrowding.
The sheriff's jail-dog initiative would have inmates grooming, training and caring for unwanted dogs. The Gwinnett jail already has such a program. The hope is to instill compassion and empathy in detainees, along with a skill, and make the dogs more likely to be adopted.
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