--- title: Orange Is The New Black Made Sheriff Replace Orange Jumpsuits description: Michigan sheriff makes inmates at Saginaw County jail wear black-and-white stripes. canonical: https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-21T17:37:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:49.820Z og:title: Sheriff Replaces Jail's Orange Jumpsuits Because 'Orange Is the New Black' Made Them Too "Cool" og:description: Here's what the inmates at this Michigan county jail have to wear now og:url: https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta12b9add3373a8cb/69869c8406f2c158ee32ffc0/orange-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: orange-new-black og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sheriff Replaces Jail's Orange Jumpsuits Because 'Orange Is the New Black' Made Them Too "Cool" twitter:description: Here's what the inmates at this Michigan county jail have to wear now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta12b9add3373a8cb/69869c8406f2c158ee32ffc0/orange-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sheriff Replaces Jail's Orange Jumpsuits Because _Orange Is The New Black_ Made Them Too "Cool" by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 21, 2014 5:37 PM UTC  Jeff Schrier / The Saginaw News /MLive.com – AP by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 21, 2014 5:37 PM UTC A local Michigan sheriff is afraid that _Orange Is The New Black,_ the hit Netflix series about female prisoners, has made orange jumpsuits a popular fashion statement. So now inmates at Saginaw County Jail have to wear black-and-white striped jumpsuits instead of orange ones, according to [_The Saginaw News_](http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/07/black%5Fand%5Fwhite%5Fis%5Fthe%5Fnew%5Fora.html#incart%5Fm-rpt-2)and _MLive.com._ “Some people think it’s cool to look like an inmate of the Saginaw County Jail with wearing all orange jumpsuits out at the mall or in public,” Saginaw County Sheriff William Federspiel told [_The Saginaw News_](http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/07/black%5Fand%5Fwhite%5Fis%5Fthe%5Fnew%5Fora.html#incart%5Fm-rpt-2)and _MLive.com_. “We do have our inmates out sometimes doing work in the public, and I don’t want anyone to confuse them or have them walk away.” **MORE**: [Princesses in Prison: Watch a Very Entertaining Mashup of Frozen and Orange Is the New Black](http://time.com/2969889/frozen-oitnb-mashup/) **MORE**: [REVIEW: The Dark Optimism of Orange Is the New Black Season Two](http://time.com/2963489/oitnb-season-two-finale-review/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/"},"headline":"Sheriff Replaces Jail's Orange Jumpsuits Because Orange Is The New Black Made Them Too \"Cool\"","datePublished":"2014-07-21T17:37:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:49.820Z","description":"Now inmates at a Michigan county jail wear black and white stripes","url":"https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/","keywords":["Newsfeed","nation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta12b9add3373a8cb/69869c8406f2c158ee32ffc0/orange-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta12b9add3373a8cb/69869c8406f2c158ee32ffc0/orange-new-black.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"orange-new-black","caption":"","creditText":"Jeff Schrier / The Saginaw News /MLive.com – AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3012845/sheriff-replaces-jails-orange-jumpsuits-because-orange-is-the-new-black-made-them-too-cool/","name":"Sheriff Replaces Jail's Orange Jumpsuits Because Orange Is The New Black Made Them Too \"Cool\""}}]}] ```