Prison teaches zookeeping to rehabilitate inmates
A prison in Florida teaches inmates all the essentials of zookeeping. Both the prisoners and the animals reap the benefits of this special programme.
Residents of the neighbourhoods surrounding Stock Island heard that the prison was starting a small zoo, and they started dropping off abandoned animals.
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Since then, the zoo has been incorporated into a rehabilitation programme for the inmates. Jeanne Selander took the initiative to get the zoo up to standard and provide the animals with a home. Jeanne works with four to five inmates at a time.
Jeanne believes the zoo brings positivity to the inmates' lives: 'Both the inmates and the animals benefit from the love they receive'.
For over a decade Jeanne has relied solely on donations from the public to keep the zoo running.