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Grafting and other farming lessons from a prison farm

Inmates at Narok GK Prison at their farm.The farm is teaching prisoners Agri-business skills to steer away from criminal activities that landed them in prison. (PHOTO: ROBERT KIPLAGAT/ STANDARD)

A prison, as commonly known, is a correctional facility and detention centre where inmates are confined and denied many privileges under state authority.

But Narok GK Prison on the outskirts of Narok town turns inmates into agri-business savvy people, majoring in horticulture and agro-forestry to keep them away from idleness that led to them committing crimes.

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