> Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN! 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.