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Posted: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 10:14AM
Wanted: Experienced dog groomer for Ill. prison
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DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Wanted: one woman, or maybe a man, with a sharp pair of clippers and a keen eye for what makes a dog look good. Must be willing to work behind bars.
The Decatur Correctional Center is looking for someone to take over its dog-grooming training program. Kim Schwalbach has run the program at the medium-security facility since 2002.
But she's stepping down, and the prison wants her work to continue.
The program is known as CLIP, which stands for Correctional Ladies Improving Pets.
Thirty-six year-old Katrina Williamson went through the program and says it changed her life. She landed a job grooming dogs right out of prison.
Prison official Mike Dooley says few of the women who have worked with Schwalbach have returned to prison.
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