Two seniors at Bolivar Central High School, about 70 miles east of Memphis, spent 48 hours in jail because of their low-riding clothing.

 

"I just took it and went on," one of the students, Antonio Ammons, told local NBC station WMC. "I didn't know what else to do."

 

He told the station he had never been in jail before, and was placed with the other inmates².

 

"I really didn't like it," Ammons told WREG, the CBS station in Memphis. He said he also has to figure out how to pay more than $250 in fines and court fees.

 

Saggy³ pants violate the school dress code, and the school's resource officer, Deputy Charles Woods, said he had already reprimanded the students several times, according WREG.

 

However, not everyone agreed with the decision to jail the students for their clothing choice.

 

"I think jail time might be a little too much, but at the same time there has been a lot of sagging pants," parent Crystal Wing told WMC.

 

"Maybe we have them do some community service, pick up some trash, help at the dog kennels⁴, things like that," Sharon Till told WREG. "I think putting them in jail is just a little bit much."

 

Saggy pants have become a point of contention⁵ in some communities, and have been banned in several places including Opa-Locka, Florida, and Wildwood, New Jersey⁶. Earlier this year, a city council member in Dadeville, Alabama, proposed banning sagging pants because "God would not go around with pants down.”

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