ORANGE, Calif.—After being trained by Theo Lacy Facility inmates for seven weeks, two canines graduated from the Orange County Sheriff Department’s Canines Offering Life Lessons and Rewards (COLLAR) program Oct. 7, something that allows inmates to lead a more enriching experience and take on added responsibilities while serving their sentence.
The program takes dogs who were initially deemed unadoptable and would have been euthanized and allows inmates to train them and prepare them to meet their forever families. Sheriff’s deputies adopted the dogs upon graduation.
