I'm not tracking the argument though. It says the savings are from moving prisoners that won't be returning to duty from their existing service uniform to a standard brig uniform. Are they really in confinement that long that they'll need to be issued new sets of uniforms? Do existing service uniforms really cause that much wear and tear on laundry equipment compared to these new ones that a significant cost savings is realized? Sorry, I call BS.
I'm pretty sure they can be there for up to 5 years, officers and enlisted sentenced for longer I think buy themselves a direct ticket to Leavenworth, and many are discharged directly from there. Even though it is only a few hundred prisoners halving the uniform costs could see the the savings add up. It may not be $millions but if it saves ~$50,000 annually (3 uniforms per prisoner for 357 for a year), or even less, I don't see an issue.