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WESTVILLE — A highly praised program that enlisted inmates at the Westville Correctional Facility to train shelter dogs is being cut because of cost concerns.
More than 375 inmates have participated in the Prison Tails Program, training more than 500 shelter dogs and 200 that were privately owned. But prison officials say they will end the program Oct. 1.
Assistant Superintendent John Schrader said officials couldn’t justify the cost of the program, which requires a full-time staff member.
“I know that it has changed some of the men’s lives, but it just wasn’t a good use of taxpayers’ money,” Schrader told the LaPorte County Herald-Argus.
Full story: Prison cancels popular Prison Tails dog-training program