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When our social ills were solved with a little pink

by Bridget Bodnar

Dec 26, 2017

In 1979, a psychologist presented a potential solution to rising crime levels. It became a phenomenon.

View of the holding cell 14 November 2006 of the newly painted Dallas County jail in Buffalo, Missouri, with the color scheme of pink with blue teddy bear accents. The Dallas County Detention Center is being repainted a soft shade of pink in an effort to better manage sometimes volatile detainees.

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