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Support dog Bailey moved from Magilligan Prison 'due to threat'
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Dog moved from prison 'due to callous threat'18 hours ago Share Save Niall Glynn BBC News NI Share SaveCauseway Coast Dog Rescue Bailey has been used as a support dog in Magilligan PrisonA dog at Magilligan Prison in County Londonderry has been removed due to a "callous and calculated threat", the Northern Ireland Prison Service has said.
It said Bailey, a three-and-half-year-old spaniel, had been used as a "support dog" to help rehabilitate inmates.
The Prison Service said he was "safe, happy and well looked after".
The service has described Bailey as a "support dog," but Ulster Unionist assembly member Jon Burrows said he understood he was a pet, who had been put into a prison environment without any specific training.
'Straight from a family home'The charity Causeway Coast Dog Rescue had campaigned to have Bailey removed from the prison.
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