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Paraguayan prisoners set up leathergoods factory

12/08/2015

Twenty-five people detained in a penitentiary in Paraguay have been given the go-ahead by the country’s ministry of justice to operate a small leathergoods and footwear factory inside Tacumbú prison in  Asunción. Justice minister, Sheila Abed, formally opened the facility at the start of August, saying it was a welcome part of a wider programme...

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