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A prison uniform is a set of standardized clothing worn by prisoners. It usually includes visually distinct clothes worn to indicate the wearer is a prisoner, in clear distinction from civil clothing. Prison uniforms are intended to make prisoners instantly identifiable, limit risks through concealed objects and prevent injuries through ...
A prison coverall. Coveralls are also sometimes used as prison uniforms in the U.S and other countries. A police coverall. Police tactical units often use boilersuits as a uniform, for instance the French police unit Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, and the Austrian units EKO Cobra and WEGA.
Modern orange prison uniforms serve the same purpose, but with a highly visible bright color in order to make it difficult for escaping convicts to hide them. The use of stripes was adopted because simple one-color uniforms could easily be dyed with another color; however, dyeing a striped uniform cannot hide the stripes.
Detainees wearing civilian clothing (more common later in the war) instead of the striped uniforms were often marked with a prominent X on the back. [18] This made for an ersatz prisoner uniform. For permanence, such Xs were made with white oil paint, with sewn-on cloth strips, or were cut (with underlying jacket-liner fabric providing the ...
Prison escapes in Europe (9 P) I. Immigration detention centers and prisons in Europe (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Prisons in Europe" This category contains only the ...
A mannequin of a guard in uniform greets visitors at the entrance of the prison, which in the '90s was converted by a group of locals into a museum. Repainted cells host exhibits, and two ...
Prison work was temporarily prohibited during the French Revolution of 1848. Prison labour then specialised in the production of goods sold to government departments (and directly to prisons, for example guards' uniforms), or in small low-skilled manual labour (mainly subcontracting to small local industries). [25]
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