For some reason the inmates were issued pink underwear. I can't remember how that started. Arpaio was always looking for a bargain, it could be that simple. However, it turned out to be a prison stigma, like wearing stripes (btw it's the downtown hard guys who go out in the stripes and ball and chain gangs. They clean up along the highways and they love it, they get to be outside.). Once people started tut-tuting over the inhumanity of making people wear pink underwear that would only be seen if they were the saggy pants crew, and demanding that he stop, he said nah and started selling pink underwear as a novelty item, thus making a little money for the jail.
For some reason the inmates were issued pink underwear. I can't remember how that started. Arpaio was always looking for a bargain, it could be that simple. However, it turned out to be a prison stigma, like wearing stripes (btw it's the downtown hard guys who go out in the stripes and ball and chain gangs. They clean up along the highways and they love it, they get to be outside.). Once people started tut-tuting over the inhumanity of making people wear pink underwear that would only be seen if they were the saggy pants crew, and demanding that he stop, he said nah and started selling pink underwear as a novelty item, thus making a little money for the jail.