Convicted gang members in a category B prison are being urged to turn over a new leaf by embracing a novel therapy project - involving ducks. The heads at Dovegate jail have placed trust in the power of nature by introducing ducks as part of the prison's Pet Assisted Therapy Plan.
Dovegate is a category three prison. It generally houses prisoners for terrorist offences, former gang members and convicts serving sentences for terrorist offences, crimes of violence or threat to life, arson, firearms, drugs, sexual offences or robbery.
Bosses are hoping the humane approach of introducing pets to prison life may help speed up prisoner reform. As reported by Mirror, Dovegate jail’s Muscovy ducks, which came from a rescue centre, have their own pond and wooden shelter near the perimeter wall.
