Slowly, as time went on, prisons began to eliminate the stripes for more neutral colors and the familiar worker-like jumpsuits. New York switched to grey in 1904 because, according to an article in Slate, the stripes were " a badge of disgrace." Many states kept the stripes longer; North Carolina kept them until 1958. Vinciguerra, Thomas (2000-10-01). "The Clothes That Make The Inmate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22 . Retrieved 2021-06-06. Con Air has criminals in jumpsuits of some other color. The prisoners are Color-Coded for Your Convenience: normal inmates get Blue, the really scary ones get Orange, and the pants-wettingly scary Steve Buscemi gets White. Every prisoner who is not allowed to wear his or her own clothing shall be provided with an outfit of clothing suitable for the climate and adequate to keep him or her good health. Such clothing shall in no manner be degrading or humiliating. The stripes and the orange jumpsuits turn up on The Powerpuff Girls (1998). Whenever Mojo Jojo is in stripes, he gets a special striped brain cover.

Charlie Chaplin wears the horizontal stripes to mark himself as an escaped convict in The Adventurer.In Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, the pilots of the Osean Air Defense Force's 444th Penal Fighter Squadron are seen wearing their green flightsuits in place of what would be standard orange prison jumpsuits. The only noticeable exception to this is Avril Mead, who is a mechanic assigned to the Penal Unit, and she wears a more standard colored orange jumpsuit. Catering arrangements and maintenance of clothes". Criminal Sanctions Agency. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022 . Retrieved 14 February 2022. The prisoner at the end of Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet wears an outfit with horizontal stripes and matching pillbox hats. Prison uniforms actually came about as part of the general reform movement in the late 18th and 19th century. Prior to that time, prisons and jails were unruly, without organization or even set places to sleep. Wealthy people often opted, Martha-Stewart-style, to do their time in seclusion at home. Prisons and jails were mostly for the poor. As prisons became places of reform and spiritual change, regulations were imposed to make the inmates more disciplined, and how prisoners dressed became more of a psychological issue than a practical one. The idea that was that such external discipline would bring about internal discipline, which would surely reform the convict’s depraved character.

Prison uniforms are intended to make prisoners instantly identifiable, limit risks through concealed objects and prevent injuries through undesignated clothing objects. A prison uniform can also spoil attempts of escape, as prison uniforms typically use a design and color scheme that is easily noticed and identified even at a greater distance. Wearing a prison uniform is typically done only reluctantly and is often perceived as stigmatizing, and as an invasion into the autonomy of decision. The KAMics: When Gertrude and Brunhilda are captured by King Jason, they're put in blue-striped, midriff-bearing outfits with pillbox hats . The criminals in Belle Reve prison on Young Justice (2010) all wear the orange jumpsuits. Mr. Freeze even gets a jumpsuit-like version of his cryogenic suit.A pink uniform is often used as a disciplinary measure for inmates who have violated certain rules in prison. Wearing pink jail uniforms is sometimes used to prevent the inmate from reoffending. Why Jail Uniforms Come in Different Colors In Prison Break the convicts have blue fatigues. At one point of the eponymous escape, they use bleach to make the uniforms white to blend in with the mental ward prisoners. An episode of Beetlejuice has him thrown to prison after a frame-up; one guard changes his pinstripe suit's stripes from vertical to horizontal.