Sheriff Joe is at it again! Good for him

[iddee]

 Sheriff Joe is at it again! Good for him

 Who said prison should be comfortable?

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 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 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.


 

[nella]

Boy,  we need more of that!!!

[vermmy35]

I love Joe there is no gray area with him either you enforce the laws or you don't.  And we know where he stands on law enforcement.

[Keith13]

More power to him

Keith

[SgtMaj]

Does he feed the ones that get put down back to the innmates?  That would be awesome if he did. 

[dragonfly]

I think that's wonderful from a sociological and psychological point of view. One of the problems with the criminal element of society is that they are often psychologically isolated from the ability to care about something. Putting these people in the position to take care of something other than themselves or their own needs can have a rehabilitating effect on the human side of them.

I read a story a year or two ago about a prison that has purple martin houses being tended by the inmates, and it is making a postive impact on some of them.

Although I support strict management of criminals, I want to see positive changes in their lives whenever possible, because any human that can learn to love something or someone is redeemable imo. They may spend the rest of their lives in prison, but it does not mean they are not human and are not capable of positive change.
Thanks for posting iddee.

[kathyp]

working with animals is a good thing for these guys.  criminals generally are self centered and use poor judgment.  when you learn to care for something that depends on you, both of those traits can be overcome.  while i do not believe in making excuses for bad choices, it is a fact that most of these guys come from crappy backgrounds.  trusting people may be impossible for many of them.  trusting animals is safe.  feeling is safe.

my son lives outside Phoenix.  they do have a problem with crime in the city.  much of it is Mexican on Mexican stuff.  the Phoenix police are overwhelmed with the scale of it.  if not for sheriff joe, my son says the entire region would be dangerous.  he also said that many who come out of the sheriffs camps have nothing but praise for the man.  tough love 

[1reb]

We do need more people like Joe Arpaio


Johnny

[nella]

Just wondering, what do you think he would do if he was president!!

[dragonfly]

Good question Nella. Maybe he could help rehabilitate some of the criminals in elected positions.

[JP]

Joe is the man with the plan and the balls to implement those plans.


...JP

[1reb]

l would  vote for him

Johnny

[SgtMaj]

Just wondering, what do you think he would do if he was president!!

Probably eliminate all the govt. waste and restore our country back to the top financial spot again.

[kathyp]

probably have congress out on the front law in a tent, wearing pink skivvies!  maybe they wouldn't be so impressed with themselves!

[SgtMaj]

probably have congress out on the front law in a tent, wearing pink skivvies!  maybe they wouldn't be so impressed with themselves!

HA HA HA!  You know I'd pay good money to see that! 

[1reb]

ME too

probably have congress out on the front law in a tent, wearing pink skivvies!  maybe they wouldn't be so impressed with themselves!

HA HA HA!  You know I'd pay good money to see that! 

[SgtMaj]

We could make up the budget shortfalls by selling tickets!   

[1reb]

You are right on that, SgtMaj

[Highlandsfreedom]

Hes got my vote!!

[Brian D. Bray]

Okay it's settle, we start a movement to draft Sheriff Joe as a Presidential Candidate.  Do we run him under the Tea Party banner or the Conservative Coalition flag?