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Interview with Sarah, Sam, Corey, Emma and Jeff

JM: What clothes could you have brought in to wear in the jail (underwear, socks, etc.)?
Sarah: sweats
Sam: Two orange jumpsuits. You have to buy shoes and socks.
Corey: thats it just underwear socks t-shirts..no bottons on anyclothing.. omly whites..no colors. maybe a pair of shoes but not sure if they still allow that
Emma: I was not able to wear the clothes I was brought to jail in. We were only allowed to wear BRAND NEW never opened packages of underwear, socks, and WHITE T-shirts. You could buy sweat pants off of commissary, I chose to wear my jail uniform jumpsuit tucked in as if they were just pants, with a white tee.
Jeff: under ware socks white t shirts grey sweat pants and grey sweat shirts. and any sneakers. none of the clothing can have logos. they all have to be plain

JM: If you had a set uniform, what did it look like? Please be specific about each piece of clothing issued to you.
Sarah: maroon for the females. scrubs.
Sam: That was it.
Corey: When i was there...it was a jumpsuit style uniform..green tight..thing Short sleeves.not very comfortable. they have other sizes, but mostly thoes were already out ,,so we had to make do with what we were givin
Emma: We were issued a forest green jump suit, or if the inmates were lucky, a two piece forest green uniform. They are typical jail outfits, but the two piece consisted of a oversized forest green t- shirt, much resembling scrubs that nurses and doctors wear, with the additional forest green bottoms, that also resembled scrubs.
Jeff: see this one of those questions that cant be answered in 25 words. they give you a 1 piece orange jump suit or a 2 piece brown top and bottom

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Sarah: no
Sam: You could order clothes from the commissary. Every six months your family was allowed to bring you 6 pairs of socks, 6 pairs of underwear, 6 T- shirts, sweats or thermals.
Corey: XXl andxl. that seemed to be the most popular ones
Emma: White Hanes T-shirts, white socks, and white underwear. When laundry came around, we had to make sure our T-shirts especially, were OBVIOUSLY marked as to whose they were.
Jeff: a larger than usual jumper suit. the sizes are off an if you wear a medium it will be so tight so u want a large. and so on

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Sarah: only the color
Sam: I think there were in red or brown.
Corey: yes the women wear red..and then men wear green...minors wear orange
Emma: As far as the assigned uniforms, they were the same. Either two piece forest green uniforms that resembled scrubs, or the one piece forest green jump suit.
Jeff: was women wore pink guys wore orange or brown

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