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Prison Dogs

Prison DogsThese highly trained canines are taught to sniff out not just narcotics but cell phones, nicotine and other contraband at California prisons.

Despite preventative measures, illegal drugs do make their way into prisons. A growing pack of drug sniffing dogs are working hard to curb that trend in California, though. Dogs have been used to find narcotics and contraband by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for several years. Recently, Larry King Live exclusively reported that the dogs are now being trained to also find cell phones and nicotine.

The additions to the program came at the request of Richard Subia, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He contacted Sgt. Wayne Conrad, who handles CDCR's dog training program, to suggest the idea, according to Larry King Live.

While the idea may have been a good one, California’s budget woes made the plan prohibitive. Fortunately, Sgt. Conrad contacted the Belgian Malinois Rescue group and in February 2009, the first dog joined the program for a minimal adoption fee of $300. Another dog was added in August 2009 and all subsequent canines in the program have been donated.

Training takes place at the Richard A. McGee Training Center in Galt, California, where the dogs must pass the department's 160-hour detection training, according to Larry King Live. The dogs are trained to detect marijuana, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines, tobacco and cell phones. The plan is to eventually place a dog at every California state prison.

Dogs are currently in use at the California Institution for Men, the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison-Corcoran and the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Dogs currently in training will be placed at Folsom State Prison, Kern Valley State Prison, California Correctional Center, Salinas Valley State Prison, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and Ironwood State Prison.

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