[BITList] SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

[John Feltham]

I like this guy !

Subject: 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, an d  
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 p ink, 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.

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If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door.

Anon.



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