Prisons turns inmates into cotton farmers

Kabuye left Kampala sobbing and cursing the officer in charge for transferring him to Ragem Prison Farm, a foreign land where he had neither hope of meeting his relatives nor being visited, but he now has a smile thanks to the prison transfer system.

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Inmates of Ragem Prison Farm in Pakwach district load cotton onto a prison truck before it's taken to the ginnery. (Photos by Petride Mudoola)

By NewVision Reporter

Journalists @NewVision

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Coming out of prison with a skill could change a life after discharge. Ragem prison farm in Pakwach district is such.

James Kabuye 35, who

Prisons turns inmates into cotton farmers

Kabuye left Kampala sobbing and cursing the officer in charge for transferring him to Ragem Prison Farm, a foreign land where he had neither hope of meeting his relatives nor being visited, but he now has a smile thanks to the prison transfer system.

Inmates of Ragem Prison Farm in Pakwach district load cotton onto a prison truck before it's taken to the ginnery. (Photos by Petride Mudoola)

By NewVision Reporter

Journalists @NewVision

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