Sheriff Rick Ramsay is proud of the peculiar collection of over 150 animals at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Animal Farm, a USDA-certified zoo at the Stock Island Detention Center in Key West.
It opened as a sanctuary in 1994 after Deputy Becky Herrin suggested a space to protect ducks from drivers on the highway and then the former Sheriff Rick Roth liked the idea. It became a home for confiscated animals, victims of abandonment and neglect.
Ramsay said it is also the home of a unique criminal justice reform program for low-risk detention center inmates who can use learning skills to make them more employable such as teamwork and cooperation. Continue reading >>>
