San Quentin prison inmates reunite with service dogs they trained

Описание: (1 Apr 2025)

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San Quentin, California - 28 March 2025
1. Visitors with dogs wait outside gates of San Quentin State Prison
2. Inmates dog trainers Jared Hansen and Chase Benoit meet owners of dogs they trained
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Paige Mazzoni, CEO, Canine Companions:
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"Today is a really special day because Wendell and Artemis are the first two puppies that were brought into San Quentin and raised by the incarcerated people here. And today, those handlers get to meet the client that those dogs went on to be paired with a service dogs."
4. Jared Hansen meets with dog Artemis and owner Benjamin Carter
5. Tower in front of prison
6. Jared Hansen meets with dog Artemis and owner Benjamin Carter
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jared Hansen, San Quentin service dog trainer:
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"Man, it's just life-changing. And we're incarcerated here inside state prison. Being able to provide a service to people out there in the community and to give back in a huge way. So it's amazing."
8. Close-up of dog Artemis
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jared Hansen, San Quentin service dog trainer:
"Seeing him in action and actually serving somebody in the community, it's just .... I'm a loss for words right now. It's amazing. You know, this is what we're doing, this where we get to see this full circle."
10. Jared Hansen meets with dog Artemis and owner Benjamin Carter
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Carter, service dog owner:
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"I think that it's great. I mean both Jared and Aaron are nice, wonderful people who gave him a lot of love and a lot of guidance and really turned him into an amazing service dog that helps me out a lot."
12. Benjamin Carter with dog Artemis surrounded by people
13. Benoit, Quigley and dogs pose for photos
14. Close-up of dog Wendell
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Chase Benoit, San Quentin service dog trainer:
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"Because for me, being in this program, it's given me something that I think I was searching my whole life. And that was really, like purpose and meaningful purpose. Doing something that's good, better, bigger than myself. And feeling like I'm part of something great."
16. Officer demonstrates dog training skills
17. Hansen demonstrates dog training
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Paige Mazzoni, CEO, Canine Companions:
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"San Quentin has been quite a catalyst for us in the state of California and across the country. We've increased to 13 more prison programs in the last year because the event here last year got so many people excited about the power of this program. So we're really grateful to San Quentin."
19. Inmates stand on stage with certificates as audience cheers

STORYLINE:
There were big smiles, hugs, tears and tail wags inside San Quentin’s prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise them to be service dogs.

The emotional reunion brought together Chase Benoit, Jared Hansen and the 2-year-old dogs they helped train: Wendel and Artemis. It was the men's first time seeing their former canine companions again and their first time meeting the dogs' disabled handlers in person.

The encounter Friday in San Quentin’s main courtyard brought Benoit and Hansen full circle after helping launch the prison’s puppy training program in April 2023.





Artemis, a black Labrador, was matched with Benjamin Carter, a veterinarian from Portland, Oregon, who uses a wheelchair, and traveled to California for the reunion.











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