go to jail and knit

[frotz]

No, not "knit and go to jail". I have a bunch of complicated feelings about craft, fashion, and incarceration, which this basically runs smack into the intersection of; perhaps y'all will also find it interesting. To quote the BBC:

Inmates at a Brazil jail have taken to knitting in an enterprise with a local fashion designer.

Prisoners are taught the art of knitting and crocheting, providing them with valuable new skills which they can use in the outside world.

Mostly it's a video presentation in English:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22574008

(One of the "you may also enjoy..." links at the end of the video is about yarnbombing in Ireland, which I also found interesting, and much more fun.)

Comments

[snapesgirl62]

two of the minimum security prisons in my area have knitting programs for inmates. It is something they earn. They have to be well behaved along with able to work well with others. The inmates make items for charities.
The men have made hats and blankets for a variety of orphanages in the world. This year, their gifts went to Afghanistan and Peru