‘It Makes You Feel Good’: MINNCOR Program Brings Inmate-Made Art And Products To Pop-Up Stores

20 Dec 2019

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Inside the walls of the Shakopee Correctional Facility, which houses solely women prisoners, hard work helps those doing hard time pass it.

When WCCO visited, we met inmate Samantha Heiges, as she carefully maneuvers colorful fabric underneath the needle of a sewing machine.

“I’ve actually been in this facility almost 11 years,” Heiges said. “It seems like every day I’m working on something different.”

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