Sheriff Joe Arpaio

[morag]

Interesting approach

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 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.
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's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural, that has a special hot line 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 hot line, 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.

[johng]

Vote for Sheriff Joe!

[Catherine Belle]

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Richard]

Came across this last night - good post Morag.
Wish we had people like him running our crime & justice departments.
I vote for Joe - first President of an Independent Scotland.

[Meg]

You want a yank to run an independent Scotland Richard? Like Catherine said :

NNNNNNNoooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[morag]

Well, he's not a yank, Meg, that term is only for certain north eastish states.

[Meg]

Sorry Morag, Yank is American, North or South. Yankee is different and is for the North Easti sh States. Whatever though, if I thought a citizen of somewhere not Scottish would become our head of state, then we are no better than where we are now and that would be a big NO in my mind.

Meg

[Richard]

You want a yank to run an independent Scotland Richard?

No Meg, that was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but then again - I think you already knew that.

The serious part of my post was the 2nd sentence.
I like that guys approach to crime & criminals. I really despair at our own mamby-pamby liberal approach
towards criminals and their "rights". In my opinion, the minute you commit a crime - especially a violent one -
you have no rights. Repeat offenders & career criminals should all be given a severe dose of Sheriff Joe's.
He seems to have the right approach and ideas ?
Would be interesting to see the crime statistics, over a period of time, to see what effect - if any - his methods
have had on re-offending etc.

[brian f]

Richard , One moment you say you are against guns ,now you are in support of this crazy gun sheriff

[Richard]

I've NEVER said I'm against guns. Feel free to point it out.
This is about his methods towards dealing with scum. They don't consider their victims "rights".
And as Morag's post shows, typical scumbags, it's ok to crap on innocent civilians but as soon as they get a dose
of their own treatment it's boo hoo hoo.
Show me where I've said that I'm against guns. Quote me ?????

[brian f]

I've NEVER said I'm against guns. Feel free to point it out.
This is about his methods towards dealing with scum. They don't consider their victims "rights".
And as Morag's post shows, typical scumbags, it's ok to crap on innocent civilians but as soon as they get a dose
of their own treatment it's boo hoo hoo.
Show me where I've said that I'm against guns. Quote me ?????

Shared revulsion at Americas utterly irresponsible attitude towards gun laws and the mindless slaughter of innocent children yet again.
The land we call the USA was taken, by force, from the native Indians at the point of a gun.
Remember Richard ?
I expect your reply to be, Aye i know ,but thats America, we in the UK ,are alright about gun control.
If thats the case ,then Richard ,you would not want that sheriff, with his shoot first ask questions later mentality near Scotland , or lots oh baddies will hit the deck , along with the innocent.

[morag]

But that point of gun would've been British..remember?