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QUESTION Thais Midori, Sao Paulo, SP
To facilitate their identification, preventing them from camouflaging themselves in environments such as forests and metropolises in case of escape. The color supposedly also encourages convicts to carry out their daily tasks – studies suggest that it is invigorating (and therefore often used in packaging and advertisements for energy drinks, for example).
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But despite appearing a lot in movies and series, the orange jumpsuit is not a rule in the US prison system. In the state of Arizona, inmates wear white clothing with black stripes. It is very similar to the first prison uniform in the world, the classic white with black horizontal stripes, created in the Middle Ages. It fell out of favor in the 19th century.
In New Orleans, the stripe is olive green. In São Paulo, penitentiaries dress in beige pants and a white T-shirt. In 2004, beige was replaced by yellow. The color, however, was not well received by public opinion.
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CONSULTANCY Claudio José Langroiva Pereira, professor of criminal procedural law at PUC-SP
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