Black-and-white stripes are the new orange

July 25, 2014 at 1:05 a.m. | Updated July 25, 2014 at 1:05 a.m.

Corrections Officer Terence Moore frisks an inmate before the inmate meets with his attorney at the Saginaw County Jail, Friday, in Saginaw, Michigan. The Saginaw County Sheriff's Department has purchased new jumpsuits, with black and white stripes, for some of the inmates at the jail.
Corrections Officer Terence Moore frisks an inmate before the inmate meets with his attorney at the Saginaw County Jail, Friday, in Saginaw, Michigan. The Saginaw County Sheriff's Department has purchased new jumpsuits, with black and white stripes, for some of the inmates at the jail.

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan sheriff says he's trading his inmates' orange jumpsuits for black-and-white stripes, in part due to pop culture.

Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel tells The Saginaw News that all-orange jumpsuits are increasingly viewed as fashionable, especially because they're seen on popular TV shows such as the Netflix smash hit "Orange Is the New Black."

Federspiel says "some people think it's cool to look like an inmate of the Saginaw County Jail ... wearing all orange jumpsuits out at the mall or in public." He says inmates sometimes work in public, and he doesn't want there to be any confusion.

The jailhouse fashions come relatively cheap. The sheriff says the jumpsuits, which last for about two to three years, cost $11.73 apiece.

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