Drug addiction is a major care and safety challenge in prison context. Nowadays,
rehabilitation and specific therapeutic programs are suggested to improve health and well …

Simple Summary Inmates usually suffer from depression, anxiety, or loss of empathy. Thus,
animal-assisted therapies, and in concrete dog-based assisted therapy, were introduced in …

Background Many former inmates recidivate, resulting in high costs for societies worldwide.
Evidence based treatment practices may not work in prisons, due to detainees' lacking …

Simple Summary So far, many studies in the field of animal assisted therapies (AAT) show
promising results in several areas for male and female participants. A newer study has found …

This quasi-experimental study examined the short-term effectiveness of Dutch Cell Dogs
(DCD), a short prison-based dog-training program, on anti-social behavioral and wellbeing …

Purpose Prison-based animal programs are becoming increasingly common in North
America. The majority focus on community and animal well-being, with less explicit …

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a complementary intervention of therapy that has shown
positive results in the treatment of various pathologies. This study assesses the viability of …

Interaction with animals can be beneficial to humans and animal-assisted interventions
(AAIs) are increasingly popular in a range of contexts. Dog training programs (DTPs) are the …

Dog programs occurring in prison are popular though they lack empirical testing. This study
is the first to assess rescue dog programs in two maximum-security prisons, with a sample of …

Carceral dog training programs continue to demonstrate their value for participants, other
incarcerated people, facility staff, and the dogs and their recipients. The programs are based …