prison blues
Convict's emotional state
Prison blues are the standard-issue uniforms worn by inmates, typically consisting of blue denim or chambray shirts and pants.
The term can also refer to a style of blues music originating from Southern prison work camps, characterized by field hollers and songs about incarceration: He learned to play prison blues on Angola's farm.
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- doing timeServing a prison sentence
- behind barsIn jail
- jailhouseFacility for holding prisoners
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
stripes · chain gang · solitary confinement · lockup · county jail · state penitentiary · penitentiary · denim · work songs · corrections · convict · bars · cells · yard · jumpsuits · hard time · warden · work release
- prison clothingorange jumpsuit, striped uniform, gray uniform, inmate number, standard issue
- prison songschain gang songs
prison bluesjubilation
Intense, expressive happiness
exhilaration · euphoria · contentment · rapture · elation
prison bluesstreet clothes
Ordinary daily attire
dress uniform · formal attire · Sunday best · designer wear · business suit
prison bluesfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · emancipation · exoneration · free world
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