Inmates at Zamboanga’s San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm will have an opportunity for a productive livelihood after their release. While in detention, they are being trained under a DOST pilot program to raise and market ZamPen native chickens, DOST and Bureau of Corrections officials said.

The prison facility served as a test site for an alternative livelihood program developed by the Western Mindanao Agriculture and Aquatic Resources Research and Development Consortium (WESMAARRDEC) and funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).