The Marin Humane Society brings dogs in need of medical or behavioral rehabilitation to San Quentin State Prison, where they spend time with selected inmates. The inmates have been taught how to socialize and train the dogs to prepare them to be adopted into a permanent home.

Read about the Pen Pals of San Quentin program in Animal Sheltering Magazine!

FAQs about Pen Pals of San Quentin

Giving the Gift of Time: The history of the program

Meet some dogs who have been paroled from San Quentin