Prisoners Pretty in Pink


	Prisoners Pretty in Pink

CrazyRedHead

9-14-2007 9:41 AM

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pink, inmate, prisoner, jail, crime, color, psychology

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9-14-2007 12:40 PM

vandamonium

That would seem to be a pretty good deterent.

9-15-2007 3:52 PM

davboz

I figured the inspiration for this was Sheriff Joe.

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			Despite the cramped condition of the tiny jail, the inmates said sitting there was better than working outside, where they might be seen by people they know.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=bizarre&id=4649450"><P>
"I'm not going outside in these things. It's a good deterrent because I don't want to wear them anymore."
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"You can make that two," another inmate said from a different cell.
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"You can probably make it three or four," the inmate added.
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Low got the idea of pink jumpsuits from a sheriff in Arizona, Joe Arpaio, who bought pink boxers to keep inmates from stealing the underwear and other clothing. In Mason, Low dyed the jumpsuits and slippers pink, and the color later bled to sheets, underwear and other articles during washings.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=bizarre&id=4649450">the re-offense rate in the county is down 70 percent since he switched to pink</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=bizarre&id=4649450">
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