Why Did Prisoners Wear Stripes?
The story takes us back to the 1820s when the Auburn Prison System started in New York.
The prisoners had to be silent and walk in locksteps, they also wore black and white stripes because the stripes symbolized the horizontal jail bars in comparison to the vertical bars in jail so it gives them a sense that they can’t get out.
The uniforms also made prisoners so easy to be recognized on the street, the public could easily distinguish them from non-criminals. But the uniform has changed from stripes to jumpsuits or orange shirts since the 1970s.
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