Prison inmates are set to begin fashioning visors, scrubs and bags for NHS staff battling on the coronavirus frontline to help overcome the PPE shortage, it has been reported.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said eight category B and C jails across Britain have been called upon, which will help see hospitals also save money.
Prisoners will pocket £12.50-a-week with the items produced to cost a third of the normal price as scrubs can be snapped up for £5 per set rather than the usual £15, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Those drafted into the new scheme include category B prison High Down in Surrey, as well as facilities in Swansea, Channings Wood in Devon, Wakefield, Risley in Cheshire, Highpoint in Suffolk, Whatten in Nottingham and