Wholesome Shelter Cats Partake in Purrfectly Sweet Feline Foster Prison Program, They Get a Family While the Inmates Get Unconditional Love

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Nov 7, 2024 12:00 PM EST

If you've ever owned a cat, read at least one article on our page, or have ever spent more than 5 minutes with a cat, you know one thing: cats are love. We love them, you love them, people love them, even other animals love cats. Our cats make us better versions of ourselves, so why not spread all those purrfectly wholesome feelings around? Everyone deserves love and the opportunity to be a better person, so one correctional facility in Indiana took a chance, and it pawsitively paid off!

They implemented a feline foster program that allowed inmates with good behavior to foster homeless shelter cats. Not only did the cats get a hooman to love them, but it actually increased behavior in the prison and reduced the amount of fights! Of course, we could have told you this would happen, but it's nice to see it happen in real life. Be the hooman your floofy, fabulous feline thinks you are. See more pictures below, and we hope your day is filled with lots of kitty love!

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    Prison in Indiana accepts shelter cats and lets prisoners take care of them.
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    This is peak cat owner: putting your cat in a hat you know they don't like, but it makes you smile because they look so cute in it. The cat secretly likes it too, but it will never let you know it.

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    The smile on this guy's face just says it all. The cat may be pawsitively peeved, but you can just tell how happy he is to be caring for something. Say it with us again, for all the people in the back: cats are love!

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    zeusjts006 .1d ago. This little face is killing me in the red hat. Such an angered look, while it's poppa is smiling extra hard.
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    pogokitten 1d ago • • Top 10% Commenter there is a documentary somewhere about prison cats. they do really well with their cat and it helps the prisoner as much as the cat. in the doc, one of the guys like fell in love with his cat, was due to be released soon, and was able to adopt it. → 60 eta, they (the prisoners) are basically like fosters so that's why it's it's special he got to keep his boy. <3
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    OutOfIdeas98 • 1d ago. I remember something about this. It also reduced fighting in the prisons. Awesome for the cats and the inmates.
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    TopSloth 1d ago • I always supported this, the cats don't know the difference and having a creature that is able to be sympathetic to you depending on how you treat it I think is very good mentally
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    Slight_Garden2421 • 1d ago. They have to earn the cats with good behavior. They don't just hand out fur babies willy nilly. Also they have to work to buy food and toys for the cats. Personally I love the program.
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    3 Antique-Ranger-5967 1d ago. • I love this. I wish every facility could do this!
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    drunk_with_internet 1d ago • Turns out unconditional love is rehabilitating
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    OGMom2022 · 1d ago • For some of these men, it's the first time they've felt loved. It changes you.
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    Rusted Axe88 • 1d ago • The inmates look so happy and enthusiastic. Great program.
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    afeeney 1d ago • This seems like such a brilliant idea. As long as you exclude people who present a potential risk to the animals, it means the prisoners get:
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    • Something wholesome to occupy time. • Unconditional love, which • might be a first for many. Experience in responsibility. • Something to bond with other prisoners across all lines. • Lower stress and better health from interacting with the cats. (I assume this would apply in prison as well as civilian life.)
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    The prison gets a better atmosphere and incentives for good behavior, the cats get shelter, love, and attention, and the local government saves money on animal control. Even if the government animal control isn't involved directly, the more space in private shelters, the less. that the government has to spend.
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    • holllllyy 1d ago • Those programs are amazing, everybody involved wins. Cats get sheltered and loved, inmates get rewarded for good behavior, and other inmates see the benefits of good behavior. The cats and the inmates both deserve some love
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    Neither_Ad6425 • 1d ago • These kind of programs should be expanded to more prisons and also to places like rehabs. I was in a state-funded rehab and when I saw there were stray cats there, I knew I'd be okay. They were all so comforting, but one in particular really bonded with me. He Murphy and he helped save my life. We've almost been sober for a year now!
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    fomaaaaa 1d ago • Kitty in the duck costume is like "this is why he's in prison"
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    Born_Again_Communist · 1d ago • We had a dog program in the prison I was in. We trained shelter dogs and they stayed in our cells with us and we got more privileges to walk them and take them out to do their business. Then once they were trained they were taken back and had a better chance at adoption. It was a great program but it came to an end, like all good things in prison if there is no money in it.
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    Qaztarrr 1d ago • . If you've ever been, you'd know how incredible this would be. One of the worst things about prison is feeling like you have no purpose. You can try to get it by working a little, studying, reading, exercising, etc. but you still feel like you're waking up each morning for no reason. Having a little kitty to take care of and look after that relies on you and trusts you unconditionally? Complete game changer and REAL rehabilitation.
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    Pleasant_Prune_3672 1d ago . This should be applied to a lot of different places, orphanages, elderly homes, even schools, there are far too many stray cats in this world that need a home
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    aravenlunatic · 1d ago Top 10% Commenter The duck one
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