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andydp
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 Posted: 04/27/05 - 18:18 Post subject: Someone asked about men wearing pink in public ?
Pretty in pink
Hardened criminals were forced to wear nothing but pink underwear, flip-flops and handcuffs to walk to their new prison.
The prisoners were made to wear the outfits as they were transferred from their old overcrowded jail to a brand-new facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
Humiliating the tough inmates by forcing them into shocking pink underwear, flip-flops and handcuffs was the brainchild of Joe Arpaio - America's toughest sheriff. Sheriff Arpaio reckoned the dangerous hardmen would be too embarrassed to go on the run.
He said: "I put them on the street so everybody could see them. They can see this is what happens to people who break the law."
More than 700 inmates made the two-mile journey - dubbed the Walk-A-Conâ - chained by the ankles and wearing nothing but their tattoos and the pink apparel.
After arriving at their new maximum-security home there was an official opening ceremony with one prisoner cutting a pink ribbon on the gates.
The prisoners were watched closely by police in helicopters, armed guards, mounted police, dog teams and marksmen during the transfer.
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FutureMarine
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Posted: 04/27/05 - 18:20 Post subject:
Haha that's classic.
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/27/05 - 18:20 Post subject:
I wonder what his Riff Raff nickname is.
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Posted: 04/27/05 - 18:26 Post subject:
wouldn't the police feel silly if they had their arses handed to them by 700 pink pantie wearing inmates...
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airehead
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Posted: 04/27/05 - 21:36 Post subject:
I also heard this was adopted because of laundry theft. wth? Theft went waaaay down when it went to pink. (I'm not sure if it was at this prison or another).
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RangerG
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Posted: 04/27/05 - 21:43 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | I wonder what his Riff Raff nickname is. |
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