Dogs On The Inside (2014)

Original title

Dogs on the Inside

Directed by

Brean Cunningham, Douglas Seirup

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a program where inmates in a Massachusetts prison train and care for rescued dogs. It shows the dogs and their handlers bonding and preparing for the dogs to be adopted into permanent homes.

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What happens

Dogs On The Inside is a 2014 American documentary film about the rehabilitation program in which prisoner inmates are given care of stray and abused dogs at the North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, Massachusetts. The film follows the pairings of prisoners and dogs from their first meeting through adoption into a loving family. The rehabilitation program is an initiative under Don't Throw Us Away, a nonprofit that rescues dogs from Southern Kill Shelters and partners them with prisoner inmates to prepare for potential adoption. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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