Inmates and animals thriving through MCSO’s MASH unit

Inmates and animals thriving through MCSO’s MASH unit

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office helps abused animals through its MASH unit, which also helps integrate inmates back into the community. MASH stands for the Maricopa County Sheriff Office’s Animal Safe Haven. Inmates can volunteer to learn and provide care to pets that are seized in animal cruelty cases and oftentimes even used as evidence. “We have an animal crimes investigations unit, and they will take complaints that are brough…