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| Nunavut jail's carving program helps inmates handle stress, build life skills |
| By cbc.ca- Jane Sponagle |
| Published: 05/19/2016 |
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A glass and metal display case gleams under fluorescent lights. Pale and dark greens swirl through the owl, inukshuk and polar bear soapstone carvings that line the shelves. On this Friday afternoon, shoppers are huddled around the case, inspecting the carvings. Sales seem brisk. But this isn't a Toronto art gallery or even an Iqaluit souvenir shop. This is the lobby of Makigiarvik, Iqaluit's new minimum security jail. The artworks on display are made by inmates living on the other side of the metal doors just a few feet from the case, as part of the jail's carving program. Read More. |
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