Prisoners in El Salvador are learning livestock management skills as part of a programme called ‘Zero Leisure’.  

Low-risk inmates at the Santa Ana prison, 70 kilometres north-west of San Salvador, are being encouraged to take part in various agricultural projects during their time in jail. The institution runs its own farm.  

The projects include livestock-breeding and -rearing  opportunities, which the authorities have said will stand participants in good stead to find work when their time in prison ends.  

As a futher incentive, for each day they work, they receive a reduction of two days on their sentences. 

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