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What is the name of that sign when go to jail you have to hold it & take a picture with it?

Asked by xTheDreamer (897points) November 15th, 2009

You know if movies when people get arrested they’re taken in to jail but they have this sign hang over their neck with numbers and they have to take a picture with it in different poses. Well how do you call that sign, what is the name for it?

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PandoraBoxx's avatar

The photograph itself is part of the booking process and is called a mug shot.

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rangerr's avatar

It’s a letterboard.

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Zaku's avatar

I always thought of her as Esmeralda.

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NaturalMineralWater's avatar

It’s a sign of weakness.

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rangerr's avatar

“Hold the letterboard and look forward”

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peridot's avatar

You know how stock handles on the passenger side are called “chicken bars”, “oh shit handles”, etc.?

I call the signs you’re referring to as “dammit, I got caught” handbills.

;)

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