Members of Save Our Prison Farms hold a blockade in front of Correctional Service Canada regional headquarters in Kingston, Ontario, on July 23, 2010. Advocates for Canada's old prison farm system say they are encouraged by federal government plans to get part of it up and running again. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
Advocates encouraged by Ottawa’s plan to reopen prison farms
Advocates for Canada’s old prison farm system say they are encouraged by federal government plans to get part of it up and running again.
The Feb. 27 budget contained word that Ottawa was planning to reopen two farms near Kingston, Ont., where prisoners raised livestock and learned other farming skills.
