Two Tennessee teens were recently jailed for wearing saggy pants in their high school.
The Bolivar Central High School seniors were ordered on Dec. 4 to spend the weekend, 48 hours, in a west Tennessee jail.
The teenagers were charged in November with indecent exposure after being reprimanded several times by their school resource officer.
It’s unclear how breaking a school dress code ended up being a criminal offense. Wearing saggy pants isn’t against the law in Tennessee.
One of the students, Antonio Ammons, said he served his jail sentence last weekend. He was placed in a pod with other inmates.
“I just took it and went on,” he told WMC Action News. “I didn’t know what else to do.”
Several Alabama cities have attempted to ban the wearing of saggy pants. Five years ago, the city of Selma banned pants that sag 3 inches below hips.
Violators, though, don’t receive jail time, just a $100 fine for juveniles and $200 fine for adults.
A Prattville man was sentenced to three days in jail in 2012 for being in contempt of court for wearing saggy pants to the Autauga County courthouse
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