Santiago Gallardo v. State of Indiana

── Santiago Gallardo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01748 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Daviess Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2022, Gallardo was an inmate at the Daviess County Security Center. The center has a rule that requires all inmates to wear a “uniform” that consists of fluorescent green “scrubs” any time the inmate is in the day room. Tr. Vol. 2 at 113-14. The purpose of the uniform is to allow officers to “tell [the inmates apart] from a regular person or a guard or something.” Id. at 114. On October 5, Gallardo was in the day room eating lunch. Gallardo was wearing a thermal shirt instead of his fluorescent green shirt.