As many as 125 inmates detained in the Makassar City prison in Indonesia's South Sulawesi Province produce personal protective equipment in the form of hazmat suits and masks for use by nurses and doctors who treat coronavirus patients in hospitals.
(August 11) The prisoners were given sewing lessons and facilitated with sewing machines by Andi Fahrul Amsal, owner of the Amura Pratama company.
"Especially for the making of hazmat and masks, we know for ourselves that this pandemic has affected all Indonesian people.
This is no exception in this prison.
Therefore, this is a solution to use prisoners so that they can be useful later when they leave prison," said Amsal.
There is high demand for the protective equipment due to the high number of patients who have contracted the coronavirus in Indonesia, which has reached 125,000 cases.
Of that number, 5,765 people died and 82,236 people recovered.
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