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| Benefits seen in new garment shop |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 12/30/2008 |
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WYOMING - Richard Edwards hunched over a sewing machine and stitched a pocket onto a new shirt, one of many to pass through his hands on a recent workday. The 64-year-old has become a skilled tailor from his years in the trade — all of which came during his imprisonment at the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Edwards is one of 27 inmates employed in the prison's expanded garment factory. The Department of Corrections opened the new 7,800-square-foot shop last month with the goal of putting more inmates to work and making the state's prison industries self-sustaining. "It doesn't matter to me whether I'm in here or not — I've always had a need to be productive," said Edwards, serving two life sentences for a 1996 conviction of second-degree murder. "Because I ain't ever going to leave here, I'm going to be as productive as I can be until my health won't let me." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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