Surgical masks to combat Coronavirus will be produced in prisons. Part #Ricuciamo, the work inclusion project of the Ministry of Justice and the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Covid-19 emergency, Domenico Arcuri. 320 prisoners are involved in the 3 penitentiary institutes of Bollate, Rebibbia and Salerno.
The first 2 industrial machines of the 8 - thanks to which the prisoners will be able to produce personal protective equipment - arrived at the II prison house in Milan - Bollate prison. In the start-up phase 400.000 surgical masks will be produced per day which, at full capacity, may reach 800.000.
The devices produced in the district houses will be primarily intended for prisoners and prison staff, the surplus will be used by the Extraordinary Commissioner for distribution on the national territory.
A concrete response to the need for individual protection devices of those who live daily in prisons, with an important social impact in terms of training and employment of prisoners, who become the protagonists of a work inclusion project.
"From the beginning we strongly believed in the symbolic and concrete relevance of this project, and we have worked hard with all the partners for its realization - says Ernesto Somma, Head of industrial conversion and incentives of the Commissioner Structure - it is about transforming the emergency in recovery, training and redemption opportunities. In the three Penitentiary Institutes concerned we will build real production units organized and managed according to the best efficiency standards of the industry ".
"The challenge that we have all faced has required the virtuous integration of the best public and private capabilities - comments Stefano Cazzaniga, Partner and Director of the Boston Consulting Group - A union that has seen the amalgamation of skills from different industrial sectors, skills of planning and planning with the vision and orientation to action necessary to give substance to the initiative ".
“In this project too - comments Pietro Gorlier, COO of the FCA EMEA Region - we have made our Italian excellence available on the industrial front. Since the first stages of the pandemic, in fact, FCA and Comau have been strongly committed to multiple initiatives on several fronts in support of the Extraordinary Commissioner and other Italian and international organizations. We are proud to be part of this project which has a great social value ".
"It is an honor for us to be promoters of #Ricuciamo - says Fabrizio Sammarco, CEO of the ItaliaCamp Company - a project that fits into our commitment to the prison economy and focuses on the dignity of the person and his social relationships, generating new value for all those who the crisis is isolating ".
Riccardo Barberis, CEO of ManpowerGroup Italia, declares: “We are proud to support the #Ricuciamo project. For this project we combine our experience with specialized profiles, in this case in the textile sector, our ability and tools to identify the soft skills of the program coordination figures, with the support of the Human Age Foundation. We are faced with a virtuous model in which training and guidance in a new job play a crucial role in the educational function of punishment ".