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 approximately $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.'
He bought Newt Gingrich's
lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.
When asked by a reporter if he
had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic
lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails
in the first place.
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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Sheriff Joe was just reelected
Sheriff in Maricopa County , Arizona