A Michigan sheriff plans to swap orange jumpsuits for black-and-white stripes as the new get-up for prison inmates in part due to its prevalence in pop culture.
Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel tells The Saginaw News that all-orange jumpsuits are increasingly considered fashionable, as they’re frequently seen on TV and in particular on the Netflix prison series Orange Is the New Black.
Federspiel says “some people think it’s cool to look like an inmate of the Saginaw County Jail with 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 criminal attire is pretty cheap. The sheriff says the jumpsuits, which last for about two to three years of wear, cost $11.73 (€8.70) each.
