What different types of prison uniform do you find in UK prisons? Can you wear your own clothing too in there?
Hi. This could be quite a long answer with several photos attached to make it easier to explain if that's okay. I was in prison in the UK about 8 years ago and things do change but when I was in we were still wearing HMP prison issue clothing in the prison I was in. Personally my clothing was HMP stripe shirt and prison issue denim jeans, also had a green t-shirt and the grey tracksuit sweatpants and sweatshirts. You could mix and match what you wore.
In other UK prisons the prison issue stuff could vary somewhat and i will give some examples further down this answer using photos. Also regarding wearing your own clothing, yes in recent times that has become more of a thing that happens in quite a few prisons. Sometimes you need to be on a higher (Enhanced) IEP incentive and earned privileges level or sometimes everyone wears their own clothes but there are certain restrictions such as no hoodies, nothing with offensive slogans and words, no sports team kit, no belts and nothing with too much black & white in it as they were the staff uniform colours. Screws in UK prisons usually wear black & white uniforms. But when I was in prison several years ago we still had to wear prison issue clothing back then. Here are a few examples of what prisoners in UK prisons typically would be issued and wear....
Prison issue grey tracksuit, sweatpants and sweatshirt or t-shirt.
Prison issue jeans with either the HMP prison stripey shirt or with a sweatshirt / jumper.
Prison issue jeans with a t-shirt. Usually green or burgundy red but could be other colours too such as light blue sometimes.
Green trousers with grey sweatshirts or t-shirts.
Or in more rarer circumstances the HMP escape suits (e-suit) used for high risk / dangerous prisoners. Could either be a jumpsuit or 2 piece and would either be green & yellow or blue & yellow.
Hope these descriptions help and thanks for the question.