Mar 03 2008
Prisoners Worried About Pink Attire
Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Norton is expected to soon consider whether S.C. prison officials were out of line when they forced inmates who commit sex acts behind bars to wear the bright pink jumpsuits. The color could incite “attacks on a person’s manhood” in an all-male environment, one inmate claims in a lawsuit.“It can only be seen by a reasonable person as a way to exploit homosexuals and endanger those who may not be homosexuals by grouping them with homosexuals,” argued Sherone Nealous, who is serving a 10-year sentence for assault and battery with intent to kill.
“The color ‘pink’ in an all male environment no doubt causes derision and verbal and physical attacks on a person’s manhood.”
In June 2006, Nealous, 31, filed a federal lawsuit over the policy, claiming that the Corrections Department “is placing inmates’ lives and physical well-being in danger.”
Are we supposed to care? Why should anyone be concerned what happens to a convicted sex offender behind the prison walls? Perhaps they should have thought about the prospect of being violated in prison before they violated someone else. As far as I am concerned, it’s just punishment.
Just this simple, If you dont want to wear the pink jumpsuit, dont do the crime!! How hard is that? How have we sank so low that we are catering to the convicted criminals. Make them all wear different colors based on their crime, I think.