Three county inmates in the jail here lay on their bunks, not saying much. They wore pink jumpsuits and pink slippers, and one was wrapped in pink sheets.
Despite the cramped condition of the tiny jail, the inmates said sitting there was better than working outside, where they might be seen by people they know.
"I'm not going outside in these things. It's a good deterrent because I don't want to wear them anymore."
"You can make that two," another inmate said from a different cell.
"You can probably make it three or four," the inmate added.
Low got the idea of pink jumpsuits from a sheriff in Arizona, Joe Arpaio, who bought pink boxers to keep inmates from stealing the underwear and other clothing. In Mason, Low dyed the jumpsuits and slippers pink, and the color later bled to sheets, underwear and other articles during washings.
the re-offense rate in the county is down 70 percent since he switched to pink
"I wanted to stop re-offenders," Low said. "They don't want to wear them.
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