WILL BLACK BE WEARING KHAKI OR ORANGE IN PRISON
December 11th 2007 21:59
The western media is, understandably, is making a big play of the Conrad Black jailed story, right down to the minutiae of how much he will earn in prison and what he will be wearing.
The New York Post, for example, says, “On March 3, he must report to prison, where he will be strip-searched, forced to give a DNA sample, and fitted for an orange jumpsuit. He could end up cleaning toilets or mopping floors, both prison jobs start out paying about 12 cents an hour. “
But Andrew Clark in the Guardian has him dressed in khaki and possibly earning a little more, “The popular perception of prisoners clad in orange jumpsuits is something of a misnomer - in most federal prisons, inmates wear khaki-coloured trousers and a shirt. They are required to work, typically earning between 12 cents and 40 cents an hour. Jobs include preparing food, plumbing, cleaning, warehousing or - for a select few - shelving books in the prison library.”
Australia’s Planet Wall Street doesn’t address the colour of Black’s prison garb issue or his prison salary, but gives an apocalyptic and fevered forecast of hell in prison for Black.
Planet Wall Street says, “The media has made much of the suggestion by Judge St Eve that Lord Black do his time as easy as possible even assuming her recommendation he spend his time at Coleman federal Correction Facility in Florida. Less has been said of the fact the decision, of where and how he does his time is entirely in the hands of the Federal Bureau of prisons in Grand Rapids Texas.
- From MediaBlab
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