In quilting they ‘make beautiful things’. They’re also US prison inmates

In quilting they ‘make beautiful things’. They’re also US prison inmates

Discover how inmates in a US maximum security prison find healing and community through quilting in Netflix documentary The Quilters.

Stitching Hope on Netflix: Jenifer McShane's "The Quilters" Reveals the Healing Power of Craft in a Maximum-Security Prison

In the stark and controlled environment of a Level 5 maximum-security prison, an unexpected art form flourishes. Within the fluorescent-lit, windowless confines of the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, a group of incarcerated men dedicates themselves to the meticulous and traditionally delicate art of quilting. This surprising juxtaposition—the softness of fabric and thread against the harshness of prison life—lies at the h…