The short-staffed Fort Worth animal shelter is about to get some help — from criminals.
They’re starting a “pilot project” using people convicted of “minor crimes” to clean cages, sanitize trucks and do other jobs.
According to a memo to city council members, “Participants will be kept out of sensitive areas at the shelter and will not be in direct contact with the animals.”
The workers will come from the Tarrant County Sheriff’s labor detail.
One of the drawbacks, according to the memo, is that “close, direct supervision is constantly required.”
The Fort Wort Parks Department and the Humane Society of North Texas already use inmate labor.
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