Braless Visitors No Longer Welcome In Prison

Revealing tops are out and bras are now a must for women visiting prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail in the state of Indiana.

Officials say they will impose the new dress code after several incidents in which women visiting the jail exposed themselves to other male prisoners.

They said some women exposed themselves to male inmates in visitation booths, which are located in plain view in the jail's main lobby. Even though inmates who encourage women to do so can lose their visitation privileges for weeks.

The new policy, which is also posted at the jail's front desk, says that women cannot wear halter tops, sleeveless dresses and shirts, see-through garments, revealing dresses, and shorts cut higher than 2 inches above the knee.

"Adult female visitors, as well as females who would have need of a bra, shall be required to wear a bra", the policy says.

Officials say since the policy was posted, the jail has turned away a few women, including two women who tried to get in with low-cut shirts.

"When they came back, they had on hooded sweat shirts", they said. But guess what - unfortunately for those two, the jail also forbids hooded sweat shirts because they can conceal contraband.

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