Incarcerated women in the Prison Trained K-9 Companion Program, gain skills, self-esteem, and income by training dogs from all backgrounds. Launched in 2002 by Colorado Correctional Industries, the program benefits both inmates and children with serious medical conditions by providing trained dogs and preparing inmates for life after prison. It also gives dogs a second chance as a perfect marriage of ideas – saving humans through saving dogs.
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Cynthia Cazañas Garín is a Cuban film director and producer with an MFA in Film and Media Art from Emerson College and a background in film, radio, and television from the University of Arts in Havana. Active in the industry since 2013, she has worked across directing, editing, and animation for various formats. Now a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, her work explores themes like immigration, identity, and social justice. Her documentary Natural Selection helped influence Cuba’s first animal-welfare law, and her animated projects have received international recognition, including selection by the British Council for the Animae Caribe Film Festival.
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