Jail bans "cool" orange jumpsuits
A promotional poster for the popular television series, 'Orange is the New Black'. A sheriff has banned prisoners from wearing "fashionable" orange jumpsuits. PHOTO/FILE
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- Sheriff William Federspiel from Michigan in the Northeastern United States claims the traditional prison-wear has become a fashion statement due to the popularity of movies and television series such as 'Orange is the New Black'.
A sheriff has banned prisoners from wearing "fashionable" orange jumpsuits.
Sheriff William Federspiel from Michigan in the Northeastern United States claims the traditional prison-wear has become a fashion statement due to the popularity of movies and television series such as 'Orange is the New Black'.
Speaking to The Saginaw News he said: "Some people think it's cool to look like an inmate of the Saginaw County Jail wearing all-orange jumpsuits out at the mall or in public."
He added: "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."
The inmates have now been told to wear black and white striped clothing instead.
