By AFP
Tasked with cutting, packaging and labelling the cheese, he hopes to continue in this line of work after he gets out.
鈥淗e won鈥檛 be the first,鈥 said Solakov, 62, adding that a former inmate successfully opened his own dairy after being released.
He praised the prison鈥檚 鈥渉igh-quality鈥 dairy products, which do without 鈥渁ny artificial preservatives or additives鈥.
With demand soaring and production capacity limited, the dairy products are sold at a higher price than comparable items.
While about half of the production is destined for other Bulgarian jails, the rest is sold at markets and grocery shops.
A few specialty stores across Bulgaria also sell various types of cheese and yogurt from Smolyan prison.