Dog trainers say the recidivism rate among inmates who trained dogs is ‘very low.’
The News Lens
Date: 2016/09/26
By: Hsu Chia-yu
A dog trainer working at a prison in Taiwan believes that giving inmates time with stray dogs can help 
A program that has been running at Hsinchu Prison for a decade has dog trainers teach prisoners how to train stray dogs. In addition to preparing the animals for adoption, the prisoners learn how to improve their own behavior, dog trainer Chen Ju-lon (陳鉅龍) says.
Chen makes weekly trips to the prison in northern Taiwan to help run the program. He told The News Lens International that prisoners who work with the animals often reflect on their past mistakes and become determined to “start over” after they leave prison.
“By interacting with the dogs, the prisoners open their hearts and become more willing to fix the mistakes they made,” he said. [FULL STORY]