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Mexico City Inmates’ Rosca de Reyes Goes on Sale Monday at Two SSC Sites

The effort forms part of SSC’s Hazme Valer reintegration training aligned to the ECO729 baking standard.

Overview

  • Sales begin December 29 at the San Antonio Abad branch (Calz. San Antonio Abad 130) and the SSC headquarters (Liverpool 136), both in Cuauhtémoc.
  • More than 80 people deprived of liberty baked the breads in the Penitenciaría and Reclusorio Sur bakeries under STyFE/ICAT instruction aligned to ECO729.
  • Boxes were designed and printed by inmates trained in the Reclusorio Sur Digital Design and Printing Workshop.
  • SSC says Hazme Valer currently engages over 4,500 participants, including about 1,100 women, in auto‑employment activities across CDMX prisons.
  • Separately, a public Rosca de Reyes festival runs January 3–4, 2026 at Huerto Roma Verde in Roma Sur, 11:00–19:00 with free entry.