1.   As they worked the dewy fields in their neat prison whites, the Limestone inmates made for a haunting spectacle.

2.   Connecticut claims its prison inmates make plates that are laminated or reflectorized, whatever that means.

3.   In one room are foot-tall metal figurines of fencers, made by inmates at the nearby state prison.

4.   Inmates make weapons out of anything from ballpoint pens to their own excrement, attacking with little warning or reason.

5.   McGibbon said the idea came up when he was having coffee with friends in Green Valley who thought it would be nice if inmates could make a positive contribution.

6.   That uprising lasted more than four hours and was finally stopped after an armed National Guard squad tore down barricades inmates had made from their bunks.

7.   The jail initially banned only smoking, but then discovered inmates were making their own cigarettes from chewing tobacco and snuff and rolling them in toilet paper.

8.   To show their appreciation, the inmates have made Indian crafts and given them to guards and residents who helped them obtain materials for the sweat lodge.

9.   Barkley did not say if the inmates made any demands.

10.   But he said inmates had made things seem worse to the committee than they were.