Inmates at an Oregon facility for at-risk youth are learning how to care for and train dogs as part of a program that's part of a larger effort to get America's youth off the streets and into the workforce, reports KUOW-TV.
The program, called Project Pooch, teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel, and help find forever homes for dogs at the facility.
Inmates at the Men's Correctional Facility in Coos County are also given access to computers and other tools to help with the training, reports the Oregonian, which notes that the program has helped hundreds of inmates find jobs and become productive members of the community.
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