Sale of bread of the dead made by people deprived of liberty in CDMX

The Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) of Mexico City, through the Undersecretariat of the Penitentiary System, began the production of bread of the dead by people deprived of their liberty, as part of the program to strengthen productive activities and job training offered by the brand “Make me value penitentiary products."

As result of job training in the EC0618 artisanal bread production standard of the National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Skills (KNOW), given by the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion of Mexico City (STyFE) through the Work Training Institute (I CAT), 35 men and 10 women deprived of liberty were trained to make bread of the dead, in the North, East, South prisons, the Penitentiary, and the Santa Martha Acatitla Men's and Women's Social Reintegration Centers.

He purpose is to develop their work skills in specialized techniques, expanding their employment possibilities, in addition to starting a business by obtaining their freedom, decreasing thus the risk factors for recidivism.

It should be noted that the packaging of the artisan bread is an original design of the people who are trained in the Digital Design Workshop of the South Men's Preventive Prison, at the same time, the printing, cutting and assembly of the packaging is carried out by 10 people from the Prison Eastern Men's Preventive.

In total, 60 people deprived of freedom They work together to put this delicious product on sale under the brand of “Make Me Valer, Penitentiary Products” to celebrate the Day of the Dead, with a cost of 70 pesos per piece and can be purchased at the following points of sale:

• Institutional Storelocated on San Antonio Abad road #130, in the Tránsito neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc mayor's office.
• CDMX Police Museumlocated at Victoria Street #82, Centro neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc mayor's office.
• Bread of the Dead Festival and of Chocolateat the UNAM Autonomy Palace, from November 3 to 5, 2023

With the economic resources obtained from the salecontributes to the sustenance of people deprived of liberty and their families, strengthening the link with the outside world, increasing the possibilities of employability upon obtaining his freedom and completing the reintegration process; Work and training are two of the axes that are framed in article 18 of the Constitution, along with education, health and sports.

In order to promote social reintegration, the SSC reaffirms its commitment to generating opportunities for private peoples of freedom have a comprehensive reintegration.

*LDH*