Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Tuesday launched the Guyana Prison Agricultural Development Board as part of continuing efforts to make the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) more self-sufficient.
In his address at the ceremony, hosted at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Rohee said that the potential for agri-development within the prison system is tremendous and its achievement will make the GPS more self reliant. “Two of the advantages the system has at its disposal are the manpower and land, and in any type of large scale development the hands to do the work and the availability of land are the two most important factors,” he noted.
According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), the ministry also brought in several stakeholders such as the
