A total of 140 inmates recently graduated after they successfully completed various training courses in different fields as part of efforts to reintegrate them into society.
The inmates who graduated are from the Lusignan and Mazaruni prisons. They were trained in the areas of agriculture, tailoring, carpentry, joinery, literacy, arts and craft, and culinary arts.
In a press release issued yesterday, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said so far, a total 600 inmates have completed training. An additional 172 are currently in the final weeks of classes, it said.