Squiddiddler Loc: Phoenix

> 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.........
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> SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!
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> Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which 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.
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> Yup, he was re-elected last year with 83% of the v**e.
> 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 i*****l a***ns. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing i*********n l*ws, 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.
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> TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO..
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> HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF
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> AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER.
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> THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
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> 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 jail.
> **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.
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> **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.....BUT only let in the Disney channel and the Weather channel.
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> **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."
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> **He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.
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> **When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't The Ritz/Carlton...... If you don't like it, don't come back."
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> More On The Arizona Sheriff:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their PINK SOCKS.
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> "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."
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> 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!"
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> Way to go, Sheriff!
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> 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.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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I live in Arizona, but not in Phoenix, thank God. Living in Phoenix I did have the honored privilege of meeting Sheriff Joe. It was at a political meeting of some sort and he was one of the speakers but mingled with the crowd before the speeches. I don't know him personally, but in my view he is the best example of a worthwhile politician I have ever met after living in 3 states and indirectly AND directly involved in politics for over 50 years. NO ONE is better than Sheriff Joe!!! NO ONE THINKS, PUTS HIS REP ON THE LINE, ACTIVELY DOES WHAT NEEDS DOING AND DOESN'T APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

GO SHERIFF JOE!! AND KEEP GOING! YOUR CITIZENS LOVE YOU!

vernon

can you imagine how it would be if we had a man like sheriff joe was presidentwe wouldent be anywhere near as bad trouble as we ae now.WAY TO GO SHERIFF!

Striker Loc: Arizona Rockies

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I'm with you on that!

Striker Loc: Arizona Rockies

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Yes, Sheriff Joe is one of the very few good guys, yet the dumbed-down crybaby progressive crowd keeps trying to shut him up.
and Yes, Tasine WE did meet Sheriff Joe, but 'twas at a political meeting in St Johns. You've told me your (Win10) puter is always mis-writing for you LOL

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks for correcting my computer's mistake for me. I never wrote "living in Phoenix"........have never for a second lived there. YOU knew that but my computer has its own demented brain and mostly does as it pleases......it's a Windows 10 and I despise the darned thing I paid good money for!!!!!!!!

Striker Loc: Arizona Rockies

And that's exactly why I moved to Linux some years ago. It's easier now than it once was, but it costs nothing and does the same things, usually as well as M$.

jaydee

Is that computer a male or female? Each g****r has it's own charactics you know. Just asking.
Man, being a redneck sho is fun.

rjoeholl

I've always advocated the use of prisoners to harvest America's crops. Sure would bring down the price of beans and make it easier to feed a family.

iFrank Loc: San Antonio

Squiddiddler, that's an excellent post you've brought to the forefront, I'll bet those liberals are seeing "pink". Your right all the prisons should be following Joes lead on putting these minor offenders to work on the maintenance of the public roads, picking up trash in parks, etc. like Joe said, "you don't like it, don't come back". Once again, keep them good posts coming.👍

vernon

im for that