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Monday, June 14, 2010

Flag Day

Banners are symbol of freedom their seamstresses hope to regain

From the State House to the courthouse, the Stars-and-Stripes flying this Flag Day morning and throughout the year may be a symbol of "liberty and justice for all." But the women who sewed them lost their liberty a good while ago in Maryland's justice system.

The flags flown by government agencies in Maryland are hand-stitched by the inmates of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, women who expect their work will bring them closer to freedom.

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2 comments:

MCIW CO said...

They are not handstitched they are done on machines like everywhere else.

Anonymous said...

They lost their liberty because they broke the law.