[Peace-discuss] Another perspective on
Sheriff Joe Arapaio
Karen Medina
kmedina at illinois.edu
Mon Jan 19 15:38:34 CST 2009
John W wrote: > Personally, I like some of Sheriff Joe's ideas and hate others.
I agree, some ideas are okay, some are weird, others are just wrong. The stray
pets and the tree raising are kinda cool. I don't understand the pink, so find it
weird. The tents in hellish weather, chain gangs, and vigilante immigration
control are sick.
-karen medina
> Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
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> You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona ,
> who painted the jail cells pink and made the
> inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
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> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
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> 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 prisone rs 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.
> If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete
> it.
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