Students participate in discussion about mass incarceration and UMW’s inmate-made furniture

February 7, 2019 | Blue and Gray Press News

By AVA ROBB
Staff Writer
UMW students and members of the Fredericksburg community gathered in the Chandler Ballroom on Jan. 30 for the event “This is America: The Effects of Mass Incarceration & How We Contribute to it.”Read More

Is your desk made by a prisoner? furniture at UMW is manufactured by inmates Throughout Virginia

April 22, 2010 | The Blue & Gray Press

By Sarah Denby

Before a desk enters a UMW classroom, it first passes through the hallways of a prison.

It’s true. Most of the furniture at UMW was manufactured at one of the various prisons located around the state by … Read More