The Nueces County Sheriff’s Office is giving inmates a new way to put their skills to work by selling woodshop creations online.
The woodshop program allows inmates to repurpose scrap wood from discarded pallets and turn it into handmade items. Creations include garden planters, shelves, benches, wall art and crosses. Instead of heading to a landfill, the reclaimed wood is sanded down.
Now, with a new twist, the items are being sold to the public on Etsy.
Inmate, Willie Thomas, said the process gives him a sense of accomplishment…