Crime and punishment

[ex-commish 490]

Make sense???

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 p**** 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 and 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

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."

He bought Newt Gingrich' lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by 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 Ar izona 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 Th eir 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 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.

He was just re-elected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona

[lad12derff 283]

Maybe he should run for President!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SgtGumby311 0]

If they tried this in NY, the lawyers would be lined up all over the place arguing about the "rights" of their clients. Sheriff Joe has the right idea, imagine using common sense when dealing with these upstanding citizens. I wonder what the return rate is?

[Guest]

I don't know if a return rate would be an adequate judgment on the effectiveness of this prison system. Just because people don't come back, doesn't mean that they haven't returned to committing crimes. Maybe they just moved to other states to avoid risking the Maricopa County system again?

Anyway, I think prison is prison is prison. Granted, I've never set foot in one, but I hold the opinion that Maricopa County Jail is going to be just as bad as the "Chino's" and Riker's in the US.

[ems731 0]

I wonder how low the crime rate is in his county, the conditions in his jail must deter alot of crime.