It's even hotter than usual in Phoenix, 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 you are in a furnace," said James Zanzo't, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 1/2 years. "It's inhumane."

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, is not sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are living in tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths. "

KIND OF PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T IT?

Good post. It does put things into perspective. Thanks!

Mag

The conservative in me (yes, I do have a rather rabid conservative side sometimes) really likes this "jail." The real rabid conservative in me thinks that at least 10% or more of the criminals in jail (at any level) should be quickly and cheaply executed. To hell with rehabilitation...they just need to die (big time drug dealers, child molesters to name two).

Man, I need to lay off the coffee and go to church!!!

...but it's a dry heat.

I've been to the Yuma Territorial Prison

http://www.desertusa.com/yuma/du_yumatp.html 

Scroll down. The pics don't do it justice. Those people roasted.

For some inmates jail is even better then the outside. Three square meals, cable TV, weight room. I like this tent style of jail. Maybe it will make them think twice about being sent back.

RDC you ever been to the Heat in the Middle East???

120 degree's is at 8 AM in the Morning or 9 pm at night.. Dry Heat with Blowing Sand

wanna know what it feels like.. turn your Oven on for an hour a 450 then yank the door open and hold your face close to it when you do... then you'll get an idea of a little bit of what the Soldiers are enduring in Iraq, Saudi and Kuwait...Arizona is like Alaska to me compaired to what I've lived with over there!!!!

F*ck them Convicted SOB's!!!!!

Hog

Take away the weights, feed them LOTS of fried food get them nice soft couches and let them snack on chips beer and cake, sweets and such get the idea 😉