last day of training with daughtry, an abandoned dog who almost didn t make it. they ve spent countless hours for the past eight weeks teaching him how to sit, stay, and roll over. everything that a professional dog trainer would do. except he isn t a trainer. he s an inmate at gainesville work camp. paul is one of six inmates selected for a program called paws on parole. it s giving second chances. to dogs and inmates. their competency level just increases every day. so they re proficient in not only dog handling, they re grooming, they re doing obedience training, daily care, everything. reporter: they re learning it all to save these dogs lives. instead of being put to death, the dogs will be put up for adoption. we re paying for whatever it is that we ve done. then we get to go home. and it s up to us what happens. whereas with the dogs, it s up to us what happens to them.
the inmates are getting a second chance at life as well. abs news on campus reporter olivia stacey has more. reporter: it s jason hall s last day of training with daughtry, an abandoned dog who almost didn t make it. they ve spent countless hours for the past eight weeks teaching him how to sit, stay, and roll over. everything that a professional dog trainer would do. except he isn t a trainer. he s an inmate at gainesville work camp. paul is one of six inmates selected for a program called paws on parole. it s giving second chances. to dogs and inmates. their competency level just increases every day. so they re proficient in not only dog handling, they re grooming, they re doing obedience training, daily care, everything. reporter: they re learning it all to save these dogs lives. instead of being put to death, the dogs will be put up for adoption. we re paying for whatever it is that we ve done. then we get to go home. and it s up to us what happens. whereas with the dogs,