How to Dress Up Like an Inmate

Next time you're invited to a costume party, unlock your imagination and go as a prison inmate. Pretend to do the crime and then do the time as you boogie to some jailhouse rock.

Instructions

1. Go classic. Buy a black and white striped inmate pants, tops and hats. Wear thick, black convict shoes, an inmate number, thick wrist manacles or a ball and chain for a timeless prison look.

2. Improvise with an orange jumpsuit or orange medical scrubs. Find slip-on canvas shoes or plastic flip-flops for an authentic inmate look. Remember to add handcuffs or ankle chains to your costume. Print "County Correctional Institution" on your back to complete the inmate look.

3. Dress up as a celebrity inmate to bring a little Hollywood glamour to your next costume party. Choose someone like Paris Hilton as an inspiration for the celebrity inmate look.

4. Add work-gang chains to any work shirt and pair of jeans for a prison chain-gang costume. Carry a shovel and sing a chain-gang song to complete the costume.

5. Buy a sexy inmate costume from an online or local costume shop and you may find yourself jailed by your date. Purchase fuzzy handcuffs, work-gang chains and high heels to finish the sexy look. Stay at home and see if the jailhouse rocks.