THE national department of correctional services has started vegetable projects in prisons all over the country to save costs on prison food. It costs R94,16 cents a day to feed each of South Africa’s 163_000 prisoners at about 238 prisons – amounting to R15,3m a day, said department representative Andrew Aphane. Aphane said the department would also continue releasing prisoners awaiting trial for petty crime, on bail of less than R1 000. – African Eye News Service