[ SHOWGSD-L ] Fw: Sheriff Joe is at it Again!
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- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:07:42 -0500
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I don't know if this is at all true but I love the idea of prisoners caring
for abandoned animals. While I have heard of rehabilitation projects before
involving animals, this is a different spin. HOWEVER, I wouldn't want to
put a foot wrong in this guy's purvue.
Mary-Anne
Sheriff Joe is at it Again! Love it!!
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 takenstray 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
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 reelected 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' 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.
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.
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