Sunday, July 26, 2009

Iberia Parish Inmates Wearing Pink

There is a new rule at the Iberia Parish Jail. If you get out of line, you'll end up looking pretty in pink.

That's the newest change Sheriff Louis Ackal is implementing to make sure the prisoners stay on good behavior.

Not only will the bad inmates have to wear pink, but they will have to sit, eat and sleep in it too.

Between the beige and brown cells of the Iberia Parish jail there is a new trend of pink and bad inmates are the models.

It's a punishment Warden Frank Ellis says he learned was very effective since they implemented the pink jumpsuits 8 months ago.

Now, they're painting the lockdown pod to match the inmate uniforms.

Warden Ellis" "a color means something, when they are put in pink, it's demeaning to them, they feel they lost their manhood they've lost control and we are now in control."

The pink jail cell is not for any prisoner, the warden tells us it's for violent and high risk inmates.

Warden Ellis: "They weren't happy about it, but they have to follow rules and regulations."

If they don't follow regulations, that inmate knows he'll end up at what is now being called "The Flamingo Hotel",

"It would really disturb me to wear pink and go to court in pink. It's not easy wearing pink" said one inmate we spoke to.

For the warden, the change to pink has meant a change to a prettier attitude.

Another inmate explains: "If it was Abercrombie and I wasn't here it wouldn't matter, but due to the fact, it's a pink jumpsuit and you are in jail, you have to uphold some manly levels."

Sarah Forgany

http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=10774145

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was recently in the Iberia Parish Jail where i served 5 months. If the pipnk is for prisoners with bad behavior why do we have to wear pink to court.. They think that this makes us angry when it doesnt. We find it quite funny.. On another level the jail is dirty, has lots of black mold. They dont feed you much food and when you get the food its cold.. Someone needs to do something about this jail.. Perhaps tear it down.

Anonymous said...

response to previous Anonymous post:-
Dirty jail? cold food? er - that sounds more like what jail ought to be like. I vote in favour of making jails as uncomfortable as possible - they're there for punishment, not convenience!!

Anonymous said...

Being "in prison" away from society and your loved ones is the punishment itself. I'm not saying the inmates should feel like they are at a five star hotel. But they are humans and gods children and do deserve a hot meal and a clean living environment just like anyone else. As for the pink jumpsuits, put them in whatever color you like.

SHENA said...

I THINK THAT IT IS MESSED UP SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE ARE BECAUSE THE DRUGS DID IT TO THEM BUT THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE INSIDE AND I THINK THEY SHOULD TREAT THEM LIKE PEOPLE AND NOT LIKE ANIMALS I THINK ITS BAD THAT THEY DONT HAVE THERE FAMILYS AND KIDS THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WEAR THEY PINK OUTFITS CAUSE THAT WILL ONLY MAKE THEM MAD AND NOT TRY TO CHANGE IN LIFE EVERYTHING COULD BE A LIL BETTER IN THERE LIKE THE FOOD