Black (and White) is the New Orange in Michigan Jail - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Now that orange has become the new black, black-and-white stripes have become the new orange — after a Michigan sheriff gave his inmates a wardrobe change to keep them from looking “cool.”[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2014-07-21/AP/ODD--New_Jail_Jumpsuits-0d791.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]“When the lines get blurred between the culture outside the jail and the culture within the jail, I have to do something to redefine those boundaries because they’ve been blurred far too often in public culture,” he told [URL="http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/07/black_and_white_is_the_new_ora.html"]MLive.com[/URL], referring to clothing that depicts prison culture, including some that are stamped with “Property of the Saginaw County Jail.” “I’ve seen that,” he added. “It’s like ‘What are you doing? Really?’” Federspiel said he doesn’t expect the uniform change to be complete until the end of the year, though some inmates are already voicing opposition. “For me, it was an easy decision,” he told Reuters. “It was a cost savings and it breaks away from that cultural coolness.[B] It’s not cool to be an inmate of the Saginaw County Jail.”[/B][/QUOTE] It makes a lot of sense to me, and it is interesting to see the effect that our media has on the way we view everything, even the penal system. On the other hand, why does the picture show mandatory socks and sandals? Source: [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/22/michigan-inmates-to-get-black-and-white-striped-uniforms-orange-is-now-too-cool-sheriff-says/?tid=sm_fb[/URL]

What? Third guy in the middle is wearing shoes. I guess everyone else likes socks and sandals :v: I also can't understand why someone would consider jail/prison a cool experience. It fucking sucks and is demeaning as all living shit.

Oh god you're right, the prisoners CHOSE to wear socks with their sandals! :suicide:

[QUOTE=Apollo2947] On the other hand, why does the picture show mandatory socks and sandals?[/QUOTE] Warden is German.

Well at least the clothes serve the same purpose, being highly visible.

[QUOTE=Apollo2947;45476009]Oh god you're right, the prisoners CHOSE to wear socks with their sandals! :suicide:[/QUOTE] why do you think they're in jail?

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;45475976]What? Third guy in the middle is wearing shoes. I guess everyone else likes socks and sandals :v: I also can't understand why someone would consider jail/prison a cool experience. It fucking sucks and is demeaning as all living shit.[/QUOTE] He may have a medical problem that allows him to wear shoes.

Even though it's related, it's weird to see Saginaw get attention for something other than violent crimes/gang activity specifically.

[QUOTE=Funion;45476078]why do you think they're in jail?[/QUOTE] Locked away by the fashion police.

[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;45476066]Well at least the clothes serve the same purpose, being highly visible.[/QUOTE] against the black and white tiling of the prison walls

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;45475976] I also can't understand why someone would consider jail/prison a cool experience. It fucking sucks and is demeaning as all living shit.[/QUOTE] People probably think it makes them look tough and bad ass.

[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;45475976] I also can't understand why someone would consider jail/prison a cool experience. It fucking sucks and is demeaning as all living shit.[/QUOTE] As it should be. Prison isn't supposed to be a mandatory stay in a 5-star resort hotel. It's supposed to be a punishment. It's supposed to be an incentive[i]not[/i] to act like a monumental douchebag and break the law. [QUOTE=Noss;45476235]against the black and white tiling of the prison walls[/QUOTE] When they escape, silly. Not while they're in the prison itself.

i love the black and white uniform thing. it's just so silly & classic. i grew up seeing it on cartoons and thinking every jail had that as an uniform but all my dreams just shattered when i found out they actually wore orange instead.

"Alcatraz and Sing Sing, who spit in the sheriff's cereal this morning that he decided to take this decision to humiliate us?" - average prisoner's reaction to this announcement

[QUOTE=TestECull;45476465] When they escape, silly. Not while they're in the prison itself.[/QUOTE] alright then wise guy what if they escape in to a zebra enclosure huh???

they should put everybody in these

they should not even have socks [video=youtube;K24QX7DyyPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K24QX7DyyPY[/video]

If you want to stop them from looking cool while still being highly visible, make them wear pastel yellow :v:

[QUOTE=Ericson666;45478280]If you want to stop them from looking cool while still being highly visible, make them wear pastel yellow :v:[/QUOTE] [img]http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/13504/14358299_1.jpg?v=8CF76EF0A0FD3C0[/img] Oh god, wouldn't that be cruel & unusual punishment?

this looks more like some weird FULS streetwear thing tbh [editline]23rd July[/editline] copped this preme dazzle camo jumpsuit + my sixtieth identical pair of rafs

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rofl the prisoners voiced their opposition to it i think that of all people, those in charge would give the least amount of shits as to whether or not the PRISONERS would want to wear it i mean thats kinda the whole point

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