Prisoners deserve wi-fi otherwise they are wasting their time inside,
In US, one prison has started producing their own branded jeans, prison blues.
It makes prisoners have a sense of worth producing products like this, msy help them when they are free to leave.
An Oregon Prison Houses One of America’s Last Jean Manufacturers
The workwear brand Prison Blues makes rigid, affordable jeans and jackets beloved by American carpenters and Japanese trendsetters. And inmates in Oregon craft every item.
Imaichi Hayami is one of many young Japanese denim aficionados that wears Prison Blues. jeans.PHOTO: IMAICHI HAYAMI
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Jacob Gallagher
April 13, 2022 1:39 pm ET
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Prison Blues is an American workwear brand selling starchy blue jeans and rigid trucker jackets for around $50. It’s a niche label—If Levi’s is the giant of the jean world, Prison Blues is more like an ant scurrying underfoot. But the brand’s affordable clothes have lately caught the attention of young, fashion-conscious folks in Japan. A flip through Prison Blues’ tagged photos on
Instagram reveals a plethora of Japanese fans wearing its midnight-blue jeans and chunky denim jackets with leopard-print coats, technicolor Coogi sweaters and vintage neckties.
“The Japanese market is creating some new fashion trend with Prison Blues,” said Jered McMichael, one of the brand’s Oregon-based vendors, whose family has sold the brand for nearly 20 years. In Japan, Prison Blues is “not famous, but some people like it,” said
Imaichi Hayami, 25, who works at a clothing store in Tokyo and owns double-kneed jeans from the label, praising their “tough fabric, rivets and button design.”