Sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ

> >Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN
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> >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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> >
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> >SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! and AGAIN and 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 behaviour. 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.
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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. 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 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.
> >
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> >
> >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.
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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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> >
> >
> >He bought
> >Newt Gingrich's 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 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >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.'
> >
> > >
> >
> >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.
> >
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> >
> >If you
> >agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.
> >
> >
> >
> >Sheriff
> >Joe was just re-elected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona