2006-07-08 12:56:45 · 10 answers · asked by amandag7475 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
At least with our Department there is no numbers on the jail uniform..just the name of the jail....Numbers are used in two different ways at least with our jail the inmate is given three sets of numbers...A BI# (bureau identification) that will never change, if he/she is in jail one time or numerous times..then a booking number which changes every time one is booked...there is also a person's number which is used to keep track of people in an RMS system...(records management system) and that too is also changes when ever the person is booked or has reported a crime or is a suspect ....the old numbers on the jail garb is an antiquated system....hope that helps
2006-07-08 13:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by drtgrl93001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been in jail and had a jail ID number but it wasn't on the uniform. We had to wear a bracelet thing like in a hospital that had my jail number on it
2014-06-16 20:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by Jamie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess there may be somewhere and guess there used to be. But having been in law enforcement and working close with several prisons in many states for over 30 years, I have never seen a number on a real inmate in any prison.
Seen it on movies all the time
2006-07-08 23:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all prisoner uniforms have numbers. Most offenders carry identification cards with a department of corrections number and their photo(like a driver's license).
2006-07-08 20:03:34 · answer #4 · answered by cutiepie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a way to given them a designation or identy that comesa from the prison. It strps them of their own being and is a form of humiliation. It is easier to keep track of numbers instead of names. Eventually some guards and prisoners get to know one another.
2006-07-08 20:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by Coach D. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The initial idea was to further punish inmates by denying them their names for all of the time that they were in prison
2006-07-08 20:00:26 · answer #6 · answered by Ogelthorpe13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep track of the inmates, every inmate has a number that number is placed on everything that they are allowed.
2006-07-08 20:01:11 · answer #7 · answered by SHELIA S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm theres not.. On prison uniforms there are, and thats just to show who it belongs to.
2006-07-08 19:59:56 · answer #8 · answered by ntlgnce 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep track of the inmates, they are assigned numbers i only suppose.
2006-07-08 19:59:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in jails it is easier to say "hey 78695, come here rather than say, "Hey John, come here" , there are a ton of Johns in jails..,, Hehehehehe!!
2006-07-08 19:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋