SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
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.
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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. Learn more about Sheriff Joe Arpaio on his website “America’s Toughest Sheriff", and by all means watch the video located at the top right side of the page,... it's a real Eye-Opener for sure!!!!
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