(Grafton)- Inmates at a northeast Ohio prison will soon be training service dogs.

The WAGS 4 Kids program is expanding into the Grafton Correctional Institution, where about a dozen inmates will train the dogs to work with special-needs children.

The organization says inmates help reduce dog-training costs and provide them with a skill.

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