Sheriff Joe at it again!

[Kimba]

I received this as an e-mail. If even half of this is true & from what I've heard about him, it probably is. We need this man in Washington D.C.

You Go Sheriff Joe!

We have all read or heard about this guy, just some new info on him. Go
Sheriff Joe!

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! h 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 re-elected 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' rated 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 hook ed 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.







I wonder is there have been studies to see what the recidivate rate is in his area.

[Philbert]

I wonder is there have been studies to see what the recidivate rate is in his area.

I could only find one and it suggests that it is no different from what it was before he was in charge.

[YllwFvr]

You'd think It would deter them.
I've heard about Joe before. Sounds like an asshole, but honestly he's doing good and it's sounds like that is what is needed.
DC? I don't know bout that one. Sure couldn't hurt the deficit though could it?

[pyld]

Indeed, he is at it again.

Anyone who thinks Sheriff Joe is the best thing since sliced bread really needs to read The Wikipedia Article on him in it's entirety, and then do some more research from there.

He's violated the rights of his critics and those who have not been convicted of a crime with reckless abandon. He's beyond "tough sheriff" and well into "asshat."

[Huntingdonhavoc]

http://www.arpaio.com/top-ten/index.php

...interesting link just food for thought.

[DennisH82]

You know the more you think about it the more you can see why you will always have folks for and against him. As far as I am concerned he is doing the job, if he steps over the line then he will be dealt with. To date he is doing an excelent job and keeps getting re-elected. I could care less if he is an ego maniac or a PR hound. He saves money and doesn't codle the inmates. It's very simple don't break the law and you won't wear pink and eat bolonga. His system won't work everywhere but it should be used anywhere it will work.