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Black-and-White Stripes Are the New Orange
2014-07-23
[An Nahar] A Michigan sheriff says he's trading his inmates' orange jumpsuits for black-and-white stripes, in part due to pop culture.

Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel tells The Saginaw News (http://bit.ljaily/1p7egTU ) that all-orange jumpsuits are increasingly viewed as fashionable, especially because they're seen on popular TV shows such as the Netflix smash hit "Orange Is the New Black."

Federspiel says "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 says inmates sometimes work in public, and he doesn't want there to be any confusion.

The jailhouse fashions come relatively cheap. The sheriff says the jumpsuits, which last for about two to three years, cost $11.73 apiece.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Darth, it's not most; it's just the most noisy / visible.

I carry no water for my generation but most of us are trying to live real lives and not get stuck with the PR of the lunatics.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-07-23 19:17  

#3  In the 60s, BigJim.

Unfortunately, most of the babyboomer idiots never grew out of that rebellious phase.
Posted by: DarthVader   2014-07-23 12:43  

#2  It is a race to the bottom. But it's a game I won't play. When did it become cool to be a sh*t-bag?
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2014-07-23 11:01  

#1  "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."

When you create a welfare culture that celebrates itself and anyone who disagrees gets the knee jerk response of 'racist', what do you expect? The race to the bottom.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-07-23 08:34  

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