Posted on 10/10/2006 5:56:23 PM PDT by Chicos_Bail_Bonds
Sheriff's Pink Duds Have Inmates Vowing to Reform MASON, Texas (AP) - Three county inmates in the jail here lay on their bunks, not saying much.
They wore pink jumpsuits and pink slippers, and one was wrapped in pink sheets. They were surrounded by pink bars and pink walls.
They were not comfortable.
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. Using pink uniforms in a pink jail is a small step to deter inmates from ever wanting to spend more time in the Mason County Jail, which might be getting too old to operate, said Sheriff Clint Low.
"The county would have more inmate labor without them," said one inmate, who did not want to be identified.
"I'm not going outside in these things. It's a good deterrent because I don't want to wear them anymore."
"You can make that two," another inmate said from a different cell.
"You can probably make it three or four," the inmate added.
That's exactly Low's point.
Low bought pink jumpsuits soon after taking office in 2005 and painted the jail pink about eight months ago. The jumpsuits are to keep inmates from coming back to jail, and the pink walls are designed to keep tempers and emotions cool in a jail that is tiny by today's standards.
Even if it helps a little, keeps just a few inmates from returning to the Mason County Jail, Low said, it's a success.
Mason County, with about 3,800 residents, is about 100 miles southeast of San Angelo. The jail is in Mason, the county seat.
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Keep up the good work Sheriff! I love it!
"Is this classified as torture by the left?"
Of course. Pink jammies on prisoners ruins their self-esteem. And it probably leads them to a life of crime.
I think it's a riot. Howz' about pink jammies with big red hearts on them or maybe Winnie the Poohs? Cruel and Unusual?
Maybe, but a little shame goes a long way.
"Is this classified as torture by the left?"
It's definitely unconstitutional.
Being forced to wear pink and being surrounded by a pink building qualifies as "cruel and unusual punishment" and as such is expressly forbidden by the constitution.
Instead of solitary, they have to wear the Strawberry Shortcake or My Pretty Pony jumpsuits.
There's no such thing as torture as long as it is only done to persons in non-protected categories.
And being thrown in jail wasn't a good deterrent?
hahaha.
Others, however, might think the pink digs and duds to be faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous.
Actually I think I have heard that pink colors on the walls tends to be soothing.
Not sure about pink clothes on a man tho. Probably would tend to watch my back.
Works for me.
Ask John Kerry, he must have gotten a speeding ticket in that town :)
heh .. I was looking for that one ... :)
Let them protest. If they don't want to wear the uniform, let them walk around the yard naked....
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