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Press Release
September 13, 2012 		For More Information
Contact: Communications
(850) 488-0420

Media Invitation to 22nd DAWGS Gradation Program at Gulf Forestry Camp

Media is invited to the 22nd Graduation of the Developing Adoptable dogs With Good Sociability (DAWGS) program at Gulf Correctional Institution's Gulf Forestry Camp. The DAWGS program brings together rescue dogs from St. Joseph Bay Humane Society with inmates from Gulf Correctional Institution's Gulf Forestry Camp, who obedience-train them. The dogs who graduate are crate trained, housebroken, spayed/neutered, up-to-date on shots and micro-chipped (upon request). They can each sit, stay, come and walk by your side without pulling on the leash.

WHAT: 22nd DAWGS Graduation Program
WHEN:

Wednesday, September 26, 2012
9:00 a.m. Central/10:00 a.m. Eastern
WHERE:

Gulf Forestry Camp
3222 Doc Whitfield Road
White City, Florida 32465

Take I-10 to Exit 142 (SR-71 South) approximately 65 miles to County Road 387 Doc Whitfield Road). Turn left off Highway 71 onto CR-387 / Doc Whitfield Road. Institution is approximately four miles from Highway 71.

WHY: Currently one of every three inmates released from the Florida prison system returns to prison within three years. Through programs like DAWGS, the Department of Corrections is focusing on teaching inmates viable job skills that will lead them to productive jobs and law-abiding lives upon release.

RSVP Required: If you wish to attend the DAWGS graduation ceremony, you must contact the Department of Corrections’ Office of Public Affairs at (850) 488-0420 seven days before the scheduled graduation to submit a Media Access Form, as background checks will need to be completed.

Adoption costs vary per dog and include the training, spay/neuter, shots and any additional vet care needed. All DAWGS have good temperaments and get along well with other dogs. To adopt a DAWGS graduate, contact Sandi Christy, (850) 229-1431 or Melody Townsend, (850) 227-1103, (850) 227-8652, or visit the DAWGS website at www.dawgsinprison.com.

As Florida's largest state agency, the Department of Corrections employs more than 25,000 members statewide, oversees more than 100,000 inmates and supervises nearly 150,000 offenders in the community.

Partnering for Fewer Crimes, Less Victims, Safer Communities. Visit our website at www.dc.state.fl.us. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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