Got this email today. Forgive me if it's an oldy. I don't pay terrilbly close attention to the Misc. boards.
You may have heard of this fellow in the news. Maricopa county is where
Phoenix is
located.
> >TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO - HE IS THE MARICOPA
>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 he 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 s ince 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' lecture series on videotape that he pipes
into
> >the jails.
> >
> >When asked b 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
> >inmateslivi ng 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 inmae who
>has
> >lived in the tents for 1 ½ years. "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 damned 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, delete it.
