. >> inmate johnny brewster, serving three years for cocaine possession, lends his formidable sewinglls to the prison's recycling efforts. >> sometimes i get teased about it by these guys here. ♪ >> right now, i'm making belts from pant leg material. as you see, we start off by joining the two pieces. usually i make one large spool approximately 35 foot every two to three days. i'm making approximately 10 to 12 belts a day. i learned to sew approximately 20 years ago from my mother. she asked me one day if i want to learn to sew. i said, i don't know, boys aren't supposed to sew. girls are supposed to sew. she said don't give me that nonsense and sat me down on the sewing machine and started teaching me everything she pretty much knew. i'm doing pretty much what i like to do. it keeps me out of trouble, and i try not to ever, you know, take that for granted. because after all, this is prison, i mean. ♪ >> brewster lives in "a" dorm, an open population unit that give him more freedom of movement than many other santa rosa inmates and a small corner of the prison to call home. >> this