COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina prisons officials will continue to punish inmates who perform sex acts by dressing them in pink after a federal judge dismissed an inmate's lawsuit over the issue.
Corrections spokesman Josh Gelinas said Friday the agency will keep using a policy that allows officials to discipline inmates who perform sex acts in front of officers by making them trade their customary tan jumpsuit in for a pink one.
Inmate Sherone Nealous sued in 2006, claiming the Corrections Department "is placing inmates' lives and physical well-being in danger" by making inmates wear the jumpsuits.
On Wednesday, Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Norton dismissed Nealous' claim.
Court records show Nealous was released from prison last month. His attorney declined to talk about the case until he had spoken with his client.
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