PAUSA CAFÉ
LOCATION
TORINO, PIEMONTE
SECTOR
INMATE JOB PLACEMENT, INTEGRATION, CATERING
YEAR OF INVESTMENT
2024
The activities of Pausa Cafè, established in 2004, are characterized by the provision of paths of social and labor reintegration to inmates and former inmates of Italian penal institutions. The strong Idea of the cooperative is the creation in Italian prisons of centers of agrifood production that meet the requirements of organoleptic excellence, social inclusion and environmental sustainability, in the logic of being producers of “Good, Sustainable and Fair” food.
The cooperative’s activities begin intra moenia, where Pausa Cafè has set up a Social Roastery inside the Turin Prison and a Social Bakery at the Alessandria San Michele Prison. To continue extra moenia, where inmates are accompanied on their work path by professionals and social workers from the cooperative who involve them in the catering activities promoted by Pausa Cafè.
For its own productions, Pausa Cafè promotes international partnerships among producers, processors and consumers. For this reason, since its inception, it has been working in Central America alongside indigenous coffee-producing communities.
Restart Italia’s goal is to support Pausa Cafè in the realization of the “Eco Bistrò Dal Basso”, a project that Pausa Cafè has started at the “Bruno Caccia” Palace of Justice in Turin. The project will lead to the development of several services, including: cafeteria, bakery, gastronomy and fresh pasta, catering, and an outdoor terrace-café.