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Interview with Tom, Jessica, Justin, Pat and Sandi

JM: What clothes could you have brought in to wear in the jail (underwear, socks, etc.)?
Tom: those in work release could wear street clothing, those in full custody wore mcso issue
Jessica: black and white stripes pink underware, socks sheets towels blankets
Justin: none. none of the clothes you had on when you got arrested fallowed you to the jail..
Pat: You could only wear the items that were issued to you. You couldnt use anything else
Sandi: None whatsoever.

JM: If you had a set uniform, what did it look like? Please be specific about each piece of clothing issued to you.
Tom: mcso issue was pink boxer shorts usually torn and always wrong size and orange pants ans shirt wrong size and thongs and socks
Jessica: black and white stripes pink underware, socks sheets towels blankets
Justin: black and white stripes. we had pink boxers we had pink socks we had pink thermals when it got cold out and that was it. pink and black and white
Pat: You were issued a black and white strip shirt and oants and pink underwear and some pick sicks and plastic slip on sandels to wear
Sandi: Black and white striped scrub type clothing. Women were given underwear and a sport bra and we could change them out for a clean set once a week. we also got a pair of socks.

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Tom: slip on shoes like slippers
Jessica: the right size
Justin: yea the new stripes were always looked for. the "freshies"
Pat: No you didnt have a choice the clothes you got was it
Sandi: No. In the winter inmates could get a thermal shirt to wear under the striped shirt.

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Tom: no, i assume they had panties and bras, probably orange
Jessica: none
Justin: nope. only thing different was women recieved pink bras and pink panties
Pat: No everyone wore the same thing
Sandi: I was never housed around the men, but when I saw them in court they were wearing the same striped scrub clothes.

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