A stitch in time: fashioning a life behind bars in Panama In a small room in a prison on the outskirts of Panama City, Kathia Thomas carefully presses the screen on a digital sewing machine to choose the colors and embroidery on her next item of clothing. She is part of IntegrArte, a brand of clothes, accessories and decorative objects; all made by inmates behind bars who hope to reduce their prison sentences. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES