Pawsitive Dog program at Airway Heights Corrections Center

The Spokane Human Society is working with Airway Hieghts Corrections Center on training dogs with the help of some inmates. For 10 weeks the dogs will be with inmages 24-7 as they learn basic manners, how to interact with humans.

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Sat., Aug. 4, 2018

Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate dog handler Josh Phillips embraces his dog Lincoln during a Pawsitive Dog program training session, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. The one-year-old Weimaraner mix is from the Spokane Humane Society.

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Inmate dog handlers at Airway Heights Corrections Center gather for a Pawsitive Dog program training session with their Spokane Humane Society dogs, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

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Zell, a three-year-old Beagle mix gets a treat from her Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate dog handler, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during a Pawsitive Dog program training session. Zell is from the Spokane Humane Society.

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An Airway Heights inmate dog handler exercises Bandit in the dog yard, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 as part of the Pawsititve Dog prison dog program.

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Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate dog handler Josh Phillips is called back inside with his dog Lincoln after exercise time in the dog yard, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. The pair are participating in the Pawsitive Dog prison dog training program.

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Pictures of animals that have graduated the Pawsitive Paw dog training program are displayed during a current training session at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

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Inmate dog handlers mix dog treats for the animals in the Pawsitive Dog prison dog training program at Airway Heights Corrections Center, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

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Kim Imel, of Diamonds in the Ruff, center, works with the inmate dog handlers in the Pawsitive Dog prison dog training program, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. D

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Carol Byrnes, of Diamonds in the Ruff, works with the inmate dog handlers in the Pawsitive Dog prison dog program, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. The dogs are, from left, Bandit, Rocky and Zell.

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Lincoln, a one-year-old Weimaraner is comforted by his Josh Phillips, an inmate dog handler at the Airway Heights Corrections Center, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 during a Pawsitive Dog prison dog training session.

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Airway Heights Corrections Center inmates Brad Self, right, and Josh Phillips, are participating in the Pawsitive Dog prison dog training program.

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Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate dog handlers take their canines to the dog yard during a break from the Pawsitive Dog prison dogs training program, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

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Airway Height Corrections Center inmate dog handler Josh Phillips races with his dog, Lincoln, back to the inside for a Pawsitive Dog prison dog training session after a walk in the dog yard, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

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Airway Heights Corrections Center inmate dog handler Josh Phillips commands his dog after an outing in the dog yard, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. The pair are participating in the Pawsitive Dog prison do training program.

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