"New Leash on Life" dog training program

Through the "New Leash on Life" prison dog training program, offenders train dogs from local animal shelters and animal welfare agencies facing possible euthanasia to make them more adoptable.

Offender trainers work with the dogs for several weeks under the guidance of a professional dog trainer.  Dogs trained in the program have extremely high adoption rates and the offender trainers are learning marketable skills they can use to find employment after release,

Prison Facility

 

Community Partner

Caledonia Correctional Institution
Tillery

Shana

Down East Animal Refuge (DEAR)
1600 Church St.
Scotland Neck, NC 27874
252-813-1649
http://downeastanimalrefuge.org
 

Catawba Correctional Center
Newton

 

Information Coming Soon

Craggy Correctional Center
Asheville

 

Mountain Pet Rescue
234 New Leicester Highway
Asheville, NC 28806
pets@mountainpetrescueavl.org

Foothills Correctional Institution
Foothills Minimum Security Unit
Morganton

 

 

Burke County Friends for Animals
417 Kirksey Drive
Morganton, NC 28655|
828-433-1115
http://burkecountyfriends4animals.org
 

Forsyth Correctional Center
Winston-Salem

 

Piedmont Animal Welfare Alliance
P.O. Box 26661
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
www.pawapiedmont.org
 

Gaston Correctional Center
Dallas

 

Information Coming Soon

Lanesboro Correctional Institution
Polkton
  Information Coming Soon

Marion Correctional Institution
Minimum Security Unit
Marion

 

Mercy Fund Animal Rescue, Inc.
P.O. Box 2371
Marion, NC 28752
mercyfundrescue.org

Mountain View Correctional Institution
Spruce Pine

Avery County Humane Society
279 New Vale Road
Newland, NC 28657
828-733-2333
http://averyhumane.org

Pamlico Correctional Institution
Bayboro
  Austin Veterinary Outreach and Rescue
1550 Lennoxville Road
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-732-5936
austinvetoutreach.com

Pamlico Animal Welfare Society
P.O. Box 888
Oriental, NC 28571
252-745-7297
pamlicopaws.net
 

Pender Correctional Institution
Burgaw

Chance

Monty's Home
PO Box 821
Burgaw, NC 28425
910-259-7911
http://www.montyshome.org 
 

Randolph Correctional Center
Asheboro

 

Randolph County Animal Shelter
1370 County Land Road
Randleman, NC 27317
336-683-8240
http://rcaspets.org