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Knitting Behind Bars

Knitting Behind Bars

Jan 23, 2015-- You wouldn't expect to find a knitting class 'behind bars', so to speak. But, for roughly two hours out of every week that's exactly where you'll find some of the male inmates incarcerated at the minimum security prison in Jessup, Maryland. The program is called, Knitting Behind Bars and it is the brainchild of co-founder, Lynn Zwerling. "It teaches you how to focus.It teaches you how to make a task and meet that goal. It teaches you how to control your anger," offers Zwerling. "These are skills that, quite possibly, many people in our society are lacking." Read more to discover how one grass roots program is helping to provide life skills to those in need. (6371 reads)


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