LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga -- A group of dogs, scheduled to be euthanized at Gwinnett County Animal Control, was saved one day before execution. The dogs' second chance at life will be spent among those looking for a second chance of their own.

"I said something wrong to someone I think," said inmate Roger Flowers. "I was charged with making terroristic threats."

Flowers has spent the last eight months in jail. He was given a little bit of freedom on Wednesday when his new cellmate moved in.

"We're still in the situation we're in," said Flowers. "But it will make it a little less stressful. So it will be good therapy for me and the dog."

"I don't know if some of these guys have ever had something love them unconditionally," said Joyce Keeten with Operation Second Chance. "These dogs they are going to be living with will give them that."

Flowers and his neighbors will live with the dogs inside their cells for several weeks. During that time, the inmate/animal pairs will work with trainers from Operation Second Chance, until the dogs are ready for adoption.

"They're going to be building up a bond," said Keeten. "They're going to be learning behaviors together, they're going to be going on walks together, going to sleep in the same area together."

And though not every inmate in the cell block will get a new roommate, Sheriff Butch Conway said he expects it to become the most wanted and well-behaved block in the bunch.

"The inmates aren't going to be doing anything to get thrown out of this housing unit," said Conway. "I'm sure this housing unit will be the easiest to manage in the entire jail."

The dogs will be in training for three to six weeks, then they will be put up for adoption on sohfga.com.