Ohio employs prison labor to fill shortage of masks, gowns and other protective equipment
Source: Cleveland.com
Today 2:52 PM
COLUMBUS, OhioOhio prison inmates are stepping up to fill the ongoing shortages of masks, hand sanitizer, and other personal protection equipment needed in the fight against coronavirus, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday.
Inmates at some of Ohio prisons have already made 500 hospital gowns, and will soon be able to manufacture 44,000 when they get additional fabric, the governor said during his daily COVID-19 briefing from the Ohio Statehouse.
Inmates are also set to make up to 2 million surgical masks, worn by coronavirus patients to catch droplets from sneezes and coughs, 1,400 gallons of hand sanitizer, and face shields which protect the entire front of peoples heads, rather than just the nose and mouth.
DeWine said the work is very, very important, and thanked inmates and prison officials working on making the products.
"Everyone is coming on board, he said.
Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/03/ohio-employs-prison-labor-to-fill-shortage-of-masks-gowns-and-other-protective-equipment.html
marble falls
(57,080 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)marble falls
(57,080 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,285 posts)eligible, this will be a plus for the inmates.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)compensation for their work.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)In any way they/we can. Do folks not know what's at stake here?
dware
(12,369 posts)unlike the children in the WH.