Prisoners and Pups

Name: Prisoners and Pups
Director: Shalom Almond
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-10-12

A woman's best friend

2017 · 59 min · Documentary

A group of women prisoners have signed up to foster retired racing greyhounds and get them ready for adoption. The prisoners have just eight weeks to transform the dogs into family pets, or the dogs could be euthanised.

Directed by Shalom Almond

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