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The Prison Service got a much-needed boost to its canine unit after the US Embassy assisted in providing funding to repair two purpose-built vans and materials to construct its own whelping station.

The formal handing over took place on December 17 at the Youth Transformation and Rehabilitation Centre, Golden Grove, Arouca, where officials toured the facility and got to see the dogs in action.

The whelping station now provides a safe environment for the canine unit to breed its own dogs.