May have a service dog!

[draggar]

She's a cutie!

Memorize this conversation, you'll have it a lot, almost word for word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBMU8...eature=related

(Funny but true)

[LewisLegion]

She is incredibly smart. Thankfully, she has used her powers for good so far, instead of evil

Draggar, that is one thing I'm not looking forward too. Ah, well. Comes with the territory.

[AccountingDrone]

I just had an interesting thought occur to me, what happens if you have to go to jail and you have a service animal [especially a seizure alert type]?

[BookstoreEscapee]

I just had an interesting thought occur to me, what happens if you have to go to jail and you have a service animal [especially a seizure alert type]?

My quickie google didn't answer that question, but I found (and have heard of such programs before) something about prisoners training service dogs. Maybe Kara would know...if she stops in chat tonight I'll ask her.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Well, if it's supposed to be treated like a blind-person's cane, or a wheelchair... I don't think they can take it away...? restricted, of course, but... huh. I guess I associate differently abled folks as 'normal, law-abiding' types!

[Sapphire Silk]

Well, if it's supposed to be treated like a blind-person's cane, or a wheelchair... I don't think they can take it away...? restricted, of course, but... huh. I guess I associate differently abled folks as 'normal, law-abiding' types!

Actually, yes and no. When I worked in corrections, we had an inmate who was in a wheelchair: bilateral amputee. He got to keep his wheel chair, but he was also in administrative segregation. We had inmates with crutches; they had to stay in medical until they didn't need the crutches anymore--too easy to use as a weapon.

We never had anyone with a service dog. It would depend on what the dog was needed for, I think. Prisons are different from the outside world: prisons are allowed to set their own rules to maintain the security of the institution. This affects religious practices as well.

I imagine the initial response would be "no dog." The inmate would probably have to sue, and might lose. I don't know if it's ever happened . . . I'll have to research it.