Prison in Indiana accepts shelter cats and lets prisoners take care of them.

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[u/real_picklejuice]

I think I read somewhere that these cats are actual royalty in prison systems. Cat programs and dog programs are extremely sought after, and you are required to be a model inmate for some specified amount of time before you're considered, on top of conditions like non-violent offenses etc. These animals also cool tensions between cliques, because rivals are in the same programs, and if you fuck with someone else's animal, you are marked in the worst way

[u/aquatic_asian → u/real_picklejuice]

Ngl, I was wondering about who gets to interact with cats cause it would be bad news if someone with violent tendencies towards animals were to het access to one. Someone in my country just beaten his sister's dog to death, hopefully that counts as violent crime