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Interview with Jon, Sabrina, Ronchie Boy, Gary, Lance, Seth, Liz, Nate, Duane and Aaron

JM: What clothes could you have brought in to wear in the jail (underwear, socks, etc.)?
Jon: county blues, I was able to keep my white shirt socks and underwear
Sabrina: these blue jumpsuit things
Ronchie Boy: two piece blues
Gary: 3 pairs of white socks and 3 pairs of white t shirts no writing on them
Lance: Whatever you had on you at the time of your arrest... unless the judge was a decent person and let you set a committment date.. so you could prepare... then you can bring like 3 shirts, 3 underwear, 2 socks etc....
Seth: the only thing you get to keep at snohomish county jail is your socks, wife beater, long johns, thermals, and t shirts because it is so cold.
Liz: underwear,t shirts and panties , socks, long johns, and a bra as long as it didn't have an under-wire.
Nate: I went to jail they would have to all the white if your turn yourself in your own all have to be all white all white long sleeve white t shirts anything white.
Duane: if you had 2 tee shirts you could wear them in. other wise it was commisary
Aaron: I brought new plain white t-shirts, underwear and socks when I committed in. You can buy more on commissary. You are only suppose to have a total of 3 but I had 5, would rotate them through the laundry so if my items were searched it only looked like I had 3. I saved one set for when I checked out so I would have brand new items. Gave the rest away. White Tshirts are the most popular.

JM: If you had a set uniform, what did it look like? Please be specific about each piece of clothing issued to you.
Jon: yes. its a blue vest thing and blue pants. no pockets
Sabrina: yes the blue jumpsuit
Ronchie Boy: two piece blues kinda like cheap looking scrubs.
Gary: a blue worn out v top and a blue worn out pants with jail issused flip flops that never fit right or were allways cracked and broken
Lance: you got a green striped shirt.. and green pants... thats all...
Seth: the set uniform was green pants with a white shirt with the green horizontal stripes. the trustees got to red just the all red uniforms.
Liz: surgical type scrubs,top and bottom. different colors for different custody levels.the pants had elastic waists without a draw string.they were may that were ripped or the elastic was shot that nobody wanted.
Nate: when I was there it was a regular population green and white uh trustees they had a solid red that was it for clothing .
Duane: we had pink sandals for showers and general use. the tops and bottoms were blue kind of like pajamas. we changed out twice a week.
Aaron: All Red Scrubs for Trustee. I was lucky enough to wear them upon my release (didn't have to change in to general pop greens) before I changed in to my street clothes.

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Jon: no
Sabrina: oh god yes a shirt! socks...anything
Ronchie Boy: only ones I saw were blue, red, and black and white stripes
Gary: the flip flops and over sized clothing were all ways in demand
Lance: No.. they all look the same... but i noticed some of the inmates liked the newer green pants... because they were brighter.. but thats just being stupid in my opinion...
Seth: no there was because all the clothes were the same. if you are ordering from commissary you definitely want your socks and t shirts. thermals dont matter if you have those.
Liz: getting ones that had been washed enough times were they were softer than the new stiff ones that fit reasonably well .
Nate: there is nothing special about wearing any of the county cloths I can tell ya very uncomfortable.
Duane: nothing like that. all the same here. lucky to get the right size
Aaron: Scrub tops with pockets

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Jon: womans shirts arnt supposed to be v-neck
Sabrina: never saw any men they were upsatirs
Ronchie Boy: i don't remember
Gary: no not at all !
Lance: No...why would it be?
Seth: honestly there is no difference except one wears bras and panties and the other doesnt.
Liz: the only difference that i saw was the men had the color red if they were allowed to work outside of there pods. women weren't allowed to work outside of there pods.
Nate: No both the same. .
Duane: I don't know. we were not together
Aaron: not sure

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