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  • Bizarre! Washington prisoners knitting ‘chicken sweaters’?

    01/31/2018 6:50:12 PM PST · by PROCON · 28 replies
    mynorthwest.com ^ | Jan. 31, 2018 | JASON RANTZ
    “Peppa” the chicken struts around in his newly-made sweater. (Washington Corrections Center for Women) So, uhm, prisoners at Gig Harbor’s Washington Corrections Center for Women are spending some of their time behind bars knitting sweaters for chickens because, well, they’re cold. It’s a weird and, admittedly, adorable story. The WCCW currently has two chicken coops. The fertilizer produced is used on the prison’s gardens, which grows food for local food banks. But given the chilly temperatures, the chickens are freezing. That got Human Resources Consultant Paula Andrew (aka the “Chicken Lady”) thinking: why not get the prisoners to knit them...