Wednesday,
May 28, 2008
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
of
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Sheriff
Joe Arpaio is one of the most creative, practical,
and down to earth public servants I have EVER heard of.
Joe
Arpaio is Sheriff of
Some
of you may have your memory tickled by the fact that he was the Sheriff
Joe was the one, who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink
prison garb?
Well
here
SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT
AGAIN!
Oh,
there
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
The best part? His budget for the entire department is now
under $3 million. A women by the name of
Teresa adopted a Weimaraner from a
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, 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
TO
THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO
HE
IS THE MARICOPA
AND
HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER
THIS
IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:
Sheriff
Joe Arpaio (In Arizona ) who
created the
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
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
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
He
Cut Off Coffee
Since It Has Zero Nutritional Value.
When
the inmates complained, he told them,
He
bought Newt Gingrich
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:
With
Temperatures Being Even Hotter Than Usual In
About
2,000 Inmates Living In A Barbed-Wire-Surrounded Tent Encampment At The
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.
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:
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
but additionally, this is one of the few places where
REHABILITATION takes place, They are taught trades, and those inmates who work
with animals have got to be "humanized" by the experience.
I
wonder whether this NO Nonsense Sheriff, would consider Governor of
I
sense that he would not be willing to put up all the machinations of the
egomaniacal wimpy politicians, and would tell them to go right where they
deserved.
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