| Jail officials in Linn County, OR, have banned underwear for male inmates, explaining that it costs too much money to replace T-shirts and drawers, which keep disappearing. Sherrif Dave Burright said some items were flushed down the toilet, resulting in a $200 bill to unclog the sewer lines. Also, this summer an inmate tried to hang himself with the elastic waistband from his briefs. So far, only one prisoner has complained, claiming it is a constitutional right for inmates to have underwear, according to Burright, who noted, "I don`t remember Thomas Jefferson putting anything about underwear in the Constitution." |