Prisoners
with an Instinctive Grasp of Fashion
The Cult News| March 2015
by G.Cocozza
Today, 70% of the total prison’ population in Costa
Rica complete their sentence and return to criminal activities. However,
solutions such as Down to Earth Wear also known as TO Products,
pledges to put an end to the cycle of poverty and crime that many inmates
face in Costa Rica. TO Products offer a great variety of bags that feature high
manufacturing technology and materials that are 98% biodegradable and
recyclabe.
This
project lead by Fundación To, a national private company, together with the government
aims to improve the rehabilitation process of prisoners, through trainings
about entrepreneurship and the acquisition of news skills for the production of
clothing. Besides, enrolling in the TO program also enables prisoners to
provide for their families during their jail time while undergoing a successful
reintegration process upon release.
The
TO products program renders a down to earth solution for the broken national
justice system that struggles with the same challenges many countries across
Latin America face, such as prison overcrowding and high recidivism rates. This
initiative strengthens the role of prisons, which is to supply an appropriate
environment for rehabilitation to decrease crime rates.
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