The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office is turning heads with its latest jail fashion statement—bright pink uniforms for inmates. While the department says the change is meant to reduce aggression and enhance safety, social media users wasted no time cracking jokes and admiring some new "models."
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This spring, inmates in the Galveston County Jail are making a daring fashion statement by choosing to wear bright pink jumpsuits rather than the customary jail attire they have been wearing recently. The Galveston County Sheriff's Office announced the change through a Facebook post. They explained that the new outfits are designed to limit the amount of aggressiveness displayed by inmates, increase the visibility of officers, and deter repeat offenders.
Nevertheless, the internet has its own ideas about things.
Users of social media platforms swamped the comments area with responses that ranged from severe criticisms of fashion to straightforward jokes:
Two photographs were included with the announcement. The first photograph had freshly elected Sheriff Jimmy Fullen triumphantly holding up a pink jumpsuit, and the second photograph included approximately thirty inmates modeling their new gear respectively. While some readers picked out a particularly gorgeous inmate, others expressed their sympathy for a man who was standing on the periphery of the group and appeared to be clearly uninterested.
Although the sheriff's office has not replied to questions from the media, the buzz that has been going on online continues to demonstrate that sometimes all it takes to get people talking is a change in color.
