CO uniforms & gear way back then.

[Iowa #1603]

1900's Cellhouse I worked this cellhouse for 5 yrs 1990
1900 Officer
1903 Group photo

Anamosa State Penitentiary Iowa

[B-E-A-R]

Could you imagine being involved in a signal 13 wearing a jacket? Then again if they were wearing revolvers on they hip I'm sure there weren't many of those! at least not long ones.

[PsychoMike]

Originally Posted by shakedownshorti

I wonder if they used to have to do inspections before shifts??? Where the Capt. or whomever would check their uniforms and shoes like in the Military etc.
I know a lot of Police Departments still do that, not all of them but a lot of them.
Gosh, if they did that now, there would be soooo many people sent home!!! LOL!

Shakedown.... from what I've seen, there are many, many officers who SHOULD have been sent home. Being a supervisor SUCKS when you have to tell an Officer to go home and get a uniform that wasn't slept in; it REALLY sucks when it's the third time in a quarter and no one above you will give you back up on doing something aobut it.

[bolaman1975me]

inspections....i worked for the PA doc and ME doc we have uniform inspections all the time

[JCoffin]

I have yet to see any stand up type inspections going on. But I keep my uniform ironed and boots polished.. Its the Army in me what can I say?

[OkieTurnKey]

Uniforms........Ha! Don't get me started.

[dla4079]

I think the old style uniforms looked cool, wouldn't wear one, but would like to get my hands on one for a keepsake. Mainly the hat:

I am a hat collector and that would go great with collection.

[whitebread0000]

I really dig the uniforms in the first picture with the strap going across the chest. I would frigging wear that uniform. Looks alot better and more law enforcement that what we have now, especially with them wearing badges on it

[Kebemt]

You dont want the chest strap... if an inmate gets you are screwd,,,,

[Custodian]

Those men in the photos are straight up Prison Guards. Corrections? Yeah they were correct or at least came that way to those convicts.

By the way, is it insulting or a complement to call a Corrections professional, a Prison Guard? (Some like it because it has a hint of old school badazz, others don't like it for reasons I'm not really aware of)