The History of Prison Uniforms

Political prisoners around the world have always asserted that they should not have to wear prison uniforms. It had been going on in Ireland for a long time, over the 19th century. The Black Panthers helped fuel an international movement around prison uniforms and led to many countries wondering if they should get rid of them. When the reforms happened in the 1970s and 80s, taking away the uniform was quite an important re-estachment of people's own identities.