A crew of inmates is building fences and gates for the Kapu­lena Agricultural Park in Hama­kua to be used as pasture land.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported today the Hawaii Community Correctional Center inmates are taken to the parcel daily to work.

Once work is complete, 50 to 80 head of cattle will graze on the land for six months to a year.

About 90 percent of the former sugar cane land is overgrown with Guinea grass and ironwood trees, which need to be removed.

After the land has had time to recover from grazing, it will be offered to farmers.