Post by chocolatemoose on Jan 26, 2009 17:20:22 GMT -5
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who painted the jail cells
> pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
>
> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
>
> Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray
> animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department
> over, and the County Supervisors said okay.
>
> The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They
> feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and
> walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal
> nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to
> adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given
> them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
>
> The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3
> million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter
> two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health,
> and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.
>
> The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most
> would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of
> his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the
> prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
>
> I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the
> way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge
> farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they
> grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and
> harvesting by hand.
>
> He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer.
> It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you
> can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it
> later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.
>
> Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
> Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and
> vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on
> it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations
> and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40
> deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up
> his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the
> border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
>
> TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
>
> HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
>
> AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
>
> Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ' Tent City Jail':
> He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for
> them.
>
> He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their
> weights Cut off all but 'G' movies.
>
> He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and
> city projects.
>
> Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't Get
> Sued For Discrimination.
>
> He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order
> that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only
> Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.
>
> When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot
> It's Gonna Be While They Are Working
> ON My Chain Gangs.
>
> He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.
>
> When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The
> Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.'
>
>
> More On The Arizona Sheriff:
>
> With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees
> Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
> About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At
> The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their
> Government-Issued
> Pink Boxer Shorts.
>
> On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on
> their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside
> The Week Before.
>
> Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their
> Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.
>
> 'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has
> Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'
>
> Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago
> started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not
> one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates:
> 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And
> They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes, So
> Shut Your Mouths!'
>
> Way To Go, Sheriff!
>
> Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime
> and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes -
> not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and
> commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money
> and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.
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> pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
>
> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
>
> Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray
> animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department
> over, and the County Supervisors said okay.
>
> The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They
> feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and
> walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal
> nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to
> adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given
> them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
>
> The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3
> million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter
> two years ago. He was neutered, and current on all shots, in great health,
> and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.
>
> The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most
> would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of
> his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the
> prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
>
> I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the
> way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge
> farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they
> grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and
> harvesting by hand.
>
> He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer.
> It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you
> can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it
> later. We have six trees in our yard from the Prison.
>
> Yup, he was reelected last year with 83% of the vote.
> Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and
> vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on
> it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations
> and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40
> deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up
> his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the
> border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
>
> TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
>
> HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
>
> AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
>
> Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who created the ' Tent City Jail':
> He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for
> them.
>
> He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their
> weights Cut off all but 'G' movies.
>
> He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and
> city projects.
>
> Then He Started Chain Gangs For Women So He Wouldn't Get
> Sued For Discrimination.
>
> He took away cable TV Until he found out there was A Federal Court Order
> that Required Cable TV For Jails So He Hooked Up The Cable TV Again Only
> Let In The Disney Channel And The Weather Channel.
>
> When asked why the weather channel He Replied, So They Will Know How Hot
> It's Gonna Be While They Are Working
> ON My Chain Gangs.
>
> He Cut Off Coffee Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.
>
> When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This Isn't The
> Ritz/Carlton......If You Don't Like It, Don't Come Back.'
>
>
> More On The Arizona Sheriff:
>
> With Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In Phoenix (116 Degrees
> Just Set A New Record), the Associated Press Reports:
> About 2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At
> The Maricopa County Jail Have Been Given Permission To Strip Down To Their
> Government-Issued
> Pink Boxer Shorts.
>
> On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on
> their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees Inside
> The Week Before.
>
> Many Were Also Swathed In Wet, Pink Towels As Sweat Collected On Their
> Chests And Dripped Down To Their PINK SOCKS.
>
> 'It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace,' Said James Zanzot, An Inmate Who Has
> Lived In The TENTS for 1 year. 'It's Inhumane.'
>
> Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago
> started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not
> one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates:
> 'It's 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers Are Living In Tents Too, And
> They Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But They Didn't Commit Any Crimes, So
> Shut Your Mouths!'
>
> Way To Go, Sheriff!
>
> Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime
> and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes -
> not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and
> commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money
> and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.
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