Now that orange has become the new black, black-and-white stripes have become the new orange — after a Michigan sheriff gave his inmates a wardrobe change to keep them from looking “cool.” ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will ditch the black-and-white-striped uniforms issued to inmates in favor of orange, a move officials say will save taxpayers thousands of dollars annually.

Inmates wearing a mix of orange and black-and-white striped jumpsuits are lodged in a cell at the Saginaw County Jail. The sheriff says the uniforms, for which his budget included funding, cost ...

Back in the 19 th century, prisoners commonly wore black-and-white stripes. Prisons started abandoning this design in the early 20 th century, citing its association with chain gangs. For a while ...