MILPITAS — At the Elmwood Correctional Facility, there is one color inmate Mayra sees everyday and everywhere: neon orange. And she’s sick of it.
So when the opportunity came around to volunteer sorting and restocking civilian clothes on the racks of the facility’s first Goodwill store for incarcerated women — the fashion-lover jumped at the chance.
“I work in the laundry (at Elmwood), and we sort through the same color outfit. Sorting through something different makes time go faster … it makes us feel normal.” Mayra said recently standing in the store, an arm’s length away from a row of hangers fitted with colorful shirts and sweaters…