{"id":10181,"date":"2026-01-30T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/?p=10181"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:41:03","slug":"estes-winter-2026-graduation-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/2026\/01\/30\/estes-winter-2026-graduation-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Estes Winter 2026 Graduation Update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PEP Graduation Guests,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s discuss the elephant in the room: dress code<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(**THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE REGULAR VISITATION RULES**)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will have a number of male business executives attending graduation dressed in suits and ties, while female executives will be dressed in business suits (nice pair of pants, a blouse and blazer). We encourage family members to keep this in mind when selecting an outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I am NOT asking anyone to go shopping for an event that lasts one afternoon, so if you do not own business professional attire, here some guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Please wear the nicest pair of pants you own (NO HOLES<\/strong>) and a nice top (more than a t-shirt\/no cleavage or belly showing); ladies can also wear long skirts or dresses (at least mid-calf).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. No sleeveless tops or any sheer (see-through) material allowed. Any form of clothing where knees are showing when seated is prohibited.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Closed-toed shoes are preferred; open-toed shoes are acceptable, so long as they aren\u2019t flip-flops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Ladies, please remember that this is an all-male prison \u2026 so for everyone\u2019s sake, please do not wear skin-tight clothing that leaves nothing to other inmates\u2019 imagination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. QUICK CHECK: sit down in your graduation outfit of choice \u2013 if you can see your knees, pick another outfit please! *This goes for both men and women.<\/strong>*<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    If you are still unsure about your outfit, then please pack a second \u201cgrandma conservative\u201d outfit in your car just in case. I don\u2019t want anyone to be told they can\u2019t attend graduation because of an outfit, so let\u2019s all agree to fix this NOW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Blessings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Laura<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Laura Stiehl<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Family Liaison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    PEP Graduation Guests, Let\u2019s discuss the elephant in the room: dress code. (**THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE REGULAR VISITATION RULES**) We will have a number of male business executives attending graduation dressed in suits and ties, while female executives will be dressed in business suits (nice pair of pants, a blouse and blazer). We encourage family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eswn26-grad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/family.pep.org\/estes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}