I don’t know if this started as a way for prisoners to learn a new skill that they might use when they are released from prison or if a charity minded inmate came up with the idea but either way, inmates at hte Cache County, Utah jail are knitting caps, blankets and booties for kids around the world. So far, the inmates have knitted more than 300 hats, half of which have matching booties.
Dave Evans, one of the prisoners, says that even though they are criminals they have big hearts. Jail officials are being cautious though, as knitting needles are collected and counted before the prisoners go back to their cells.
Ah..how sweet. “Knitters for the Needy.” Do the items come with tags signed by those who knitted them, eg. “For you, from Inmate #444572″? Glad they take the needles away…shanked by a knitting needle would be the new prison terror. Wonder if wives have tried to smuggle them in, as in old days, in cakes, etc.
I would like some booties…