'Knitting Behind Bars': Inmates Escape Prison Life With Yarn

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Hardened criminals chilling out with knitting? Prisoners in the pre-release unit of a US penitentiary learn the zen of working with yarn.

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'Knitting Behind Bars' Helps Inmates Cope with Prison Life - ABC News Every Thursday around dusk, a group of men, hardened criminals sentenced for a variety of violent crimes and incarcerated at the Pre-Release Unit in Jessup, Md., can be found with knitting needles in hand and balls of yarn in their laps. Read full story