‘Knitting Behind Bars’ weaves an unlikely fraternity: A Maryland woman’s weekly prison class for men is in high demand. She says knitting has a calming effect.

Photo: Lynn Zwerling helps an inmate during her weekly “Knitting Behind Bars” program at the Maryland prison system’s Pre-Release Unit in Jessup. Credit: Karl Merton Ferron / Baltimore Sun

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   Knitting is calming. It’s magical. You take two sticks and a little bit of yarn and work them together to make a usable...

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    “My mind is on something soft and gentle,” he said. “My mind is nowhere near inside these walls.”

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