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We all know that pets can calm you down, simply stroking a cat, dog or other pet can reduce your stress levels.  Scientists have gone on to prove this and now they are being introduced into prison environments to encourage prisoners to calm down. 
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The new therapy aims to calm violent prisoners down and prevent them from wrecking their cells.  The Pets As Therapy programme is a government backed initiative being trialled at Her Majesty’s Prison Hindley.  As a young Offenders Institute, inmates were regularly smashing up their cells in frustration and anger, it is hoped that the pets will calm people down and reduce such incidences. 
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The pet – a black-coated Bouvier des Flandres dog – who is trained to cope with life inside, will wander freely in the prison and allow inmates to stroke him which will result in them becoming less angry and feel better about themselves and more caring to others. 
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The scheme has been criticised by some as just another example of how criminals are rewarded for their crimes whilst the victims are left to deal with what has happened to them themselves.  Guards are also worried that the dog will be picked on by some of the inmates.

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