How Knitting Behind Bars Transformed Maryland Convicts

"Each week the men eagerly await the women's arrival, then promptly get to work. 'It takes you away a little,' Horton says. 'You have to watch what you’re doing, otherwise your stitches will become loose or tight or you’ll skip stitches. It almost makes you feel like you don't have to be anything. You’re all sitting there knitting. You can just be yourself.'"


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What a cool idea! I wonder if they made their own hats?

Photo by Lynn Zwerling, found here.