Talib Muwahhid has a knack for woodworking, and over the years, he’s tinkered with a variety of different projects.

“I was making things like little chess sets and storage boxes and stuff out of popsicle sticks,” he said.

Most recently, Muwahhid was practicing the craft not as a hobby, but as a worker in a Virginia prison. The 44-year-old said he made between 45 and 90 cents an hour doing a variety of jobs for