Ore. inmates take pride in embroidery

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Legislature and the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution are 250 miles apart, but a tiny piece of cloth links them – a little Oregon flag with the state seal embroidered on one side and a beaver on the other.

Inmates stitched the miniature flags. When the Legislature convened last week for the 2013 session, lawmakers found them planted in one corner of their desks inside chambers of leather and polished wood.