See what Sheriff Joe has done.
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:13 am
A friend sent this too me.
> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Update on Joe Arpaio
>
> 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 prisoner s.
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. We adopted a dog 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 mostwould 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 prisonersout of
the
> fees collect ed 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, which has a special hotline phone number painted
on
> it, where you can call and report suspected illegal a liens.
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.
> < BR>> 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/Carleton.....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
< BR>> 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, th e 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.
> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
>
> Update on Joe Arpaio
>
> 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 prisoner s.
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. We adopted a dog 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 mostwould 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 prisonersout of
the
> fees collect ed 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, which has a special hotline phone number painted
on
> it, where you can call and report suspected illegal a liens.
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.
> < BR>> 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/Carleton.....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
< BR>> 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, th e 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.