Mississippi Inmates Harvesting 300 Pounds Of Tomatoes A Week

AP, The Clarion-Ledger
Sat, 04/21/2018 - 12:29pm

Inmates at a prison in the Mississippi Delta are growing tomatoes, and officials expect the harvest to be about 8,000 pounds by the end of May.

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