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Interview with Christian, Robert, Terry, Diana, Gina and Cindy

JM: What clothes could you have brought in to wear in the jail (underwear, socks, etc.)?
Christian: socks long johns underwear t shirt all one solid color and no logos on them
Chris: You were not allowed to bring in anything they didn't supply you with under garments
Robert: you were totatally stripped and they checked my underwear and left me keep them an socks, that's all
Terry: All clothes brought to you had to be brand new in the original package and white only.
Diana: You could bring a long or short sleeve PLAIN white shirt, a bra with no underwire, underwear, socks and for the men same applies i think. And of course you would get searched first. Your shoes would depend on how they were made.
Gina: Only the underwear you had on and socks you had on a t shirt if you we're wearing it when u came in nothing could be brought in
Cindy: you can can keep on what you are wearing when you come in except if your bra has underwire any thing else you have to buy

JM: If you had a set uniform, what did it look like? Please be specific about each piece of clothing issued to you.
Christian: we were issued a black and white striped tops and black and white striped bottoms one size fits none (and the none is not a type o) and they all stunk like body sweat
Chris: When you prossessed in to the jail you are given a liar of black and white stripped shirt a and elastic pants any some shower shoes that's it.
Robert: they gave me a sort of canvas feeling shirt and pants to wear and some sort of flip flops to wear on my cold feet
Terry: There was not set uniform just white colored clothing. No long sleeve shirts were permitted at anytime. Everything had to be approved and it could take days to actually get the clothing.
Diana: It was like a nurses scrub uniform. It was tannish nude colored. They came from smalls to xxl. We were aloud to order white tshirts or long johns to wear under them to stay warm.
Gina: Most shirts had ink on them or spot on them the pants would be tore with writing on them they smell like they where Burnett
Cindy: it is stiped with white and tan the shirts are v neck and usually too small and the pants are like dr scrubs and dont fit you either

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Christian: no we all got the sane thing issued but long johns where priorty from the outside
Chris: Yes clothes that weren't torn or ripped or faded and still had its elastic band.
Robert: I think people liked oversized cloths to wear for some reason
Terry: No but people that would leave would pass their clothing on to others sock shirts etc.
Diana: Just the most popular was the tan for girls and i cant remember if orange was the mens color or not? But we could order white t shirts or long sleeve shirts to sleep in or wear under our scrubs.
Gina: Ya the size med and big ones they never would send enough
Cindy: no every one gets the same outfit and they are all stretched out

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Christian: yes women wore a solid browm/tan uniform
Chris: No all the clothing was the same.
Robert: ther wasn't any girls where I was
Terry: No idea never seen the womens clothing
Diana: Yes, women wore tan scrubs, men wore different colors. Depending if you were on suicide watch or work detail you would wear different colored scrubs too.
Gina: Yes the girls had brown and the men black and white strips
Cindy: same type of clothing but different colors

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