Ohio employs prison labor to fill shortage of masks, gowns and other protective equipment

[OhioChick]

Source: Cleveland.com

Today 2:52 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio 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 people’s 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]

1. Thats good and bad.

[Delmette2.0]

2. I hope the first masks are for the people making them.

[marble falls]

3. Absolutely.

[DeminPennswoods]

4. I hope when it's time for parole hearings for those

eligible, this will be a plus for the inmates.

[iluvtennis]

5. + agree. Also, some money should be put in their commissary accounts each week as

compensation for their work.

[McCamy Taylor]

6. This is gonna throw a monkey wrench in some profiteers plans

[Duppers]

7. Great idea! EVERYONE needs to pitch in

In any way they/we can. Do folks not know what's at stake here?

[dware]

8. Your Gov. DeWine seems to have really stepped up and taken charge,

unlike the children in the WH.