McCracken County Jail

Clothing

Interview with Bill


JM: What types of clothes were most common?
Bill: the jail uniforms orange pantsshirts boxers shoes and white sox

JM: Did you have a set uniform? What did it look like?
Bill: orange shirt pants shoes boxer shoes or sandals and the shirt said on the back mcracken county jail unless you was on class d then you had the orange shirt still and a pair of blue jean pants if you worked out side the jail and the pants had a orange strip down the sides of them

JM: Were there any assigned clothes in high demand that an inmate should look for when getting clothing assigned?
Bill: for women bras for everyone soxes and biger sizes

JM: Was the clothing different between men and women?
Bill: the shirts and the under clothes

Hello Bill,

Thank you for agreeing to help us on the outside better understand about the inside.

I was wondering about the bigger male sizes. Several of my friends and I wear 60" to 82" jeans. As for shirts, I wear 6XL and some others I know go up to 12XL. What does the jail do if they don't have your size? Would our sizes be a problem?

On the shoes can you, please, be more specific? Work boot, sneakers, slip-on, lace up, all Orange, etc?

Were there specific clothing for specific activities OR times? Or was the clothing the same 24x7x365 day?

Finally, what restraints were used and when? Basically like the clothing did they change depending upon the activity and/or the time (e.g. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year)?

Thanks for your sight and help in better understanding jail.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009