[Buck]

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.........
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.

Received from
Ron Buckhalter

[Jeremy]

Liberals do not like Joe,there has been a lot of discussion on other forums that i have been on. Crime would actually drop if there were more sheriffs like Joe,but bleeding heart's will not have it. Do i think Joe is doing right?Absolutely.
You know its bad when there is drug trafficing,murders and other crimes within the prison system. What a waste of Tax payers money,when these crimes have to be investigated.
Think of all the money spent on there healthcare. I hear people in public complain about people getting a so-called free ride off medicare because someone is on disability or whatever,but don't even stop to think they are paying for those inmates.
I am a believer,that if a person does a crime they give up there rights. The ACLU doesn't see it that way.
Pink underwear isn't going to hurt any of them.

[tonybones2112]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Liberals do not like Joe,there has been a lot of discussion on other forums that i have been on. Crime would actually drop if there were more sheriffs like Joe,but bleeding heart's will not have it. Do i think Joe is doing right?Absolutely.
You know its bad when there is drug trafficing,murders and other crimes within the prison system. What a waste of Tax payers money,when these crimes have to be investigated.
Think of all the money spent on there healthcare. I hear people in public complain about people getting a so-called free ride off medicare because someone is on disability or whatever,but don't even stop to think they are paying for those inmates.
I am a believer,that if a person does a crime they give up there rights. The ACLU doesn't see it that way.
Pink underwear isn't going to hurt any of them.

I'm going to say that Joe's methods are good and will be around as long as Joe is around. I think being productive is the best thing for many prisoners and instills a work ethic, something many of them know nothing about. what does a person who cooks crank his whole life or smuggles and sells pot know about "work"?

When Joe is gone probably Joe's methods will be gone too. I think judging Joe by his methods is wrong and is judging according to the appearance as Jesus said not to, as with the animal thing, I think how many of Joe's prisoners go straight and don't become repeat offenders is the best way to judge him and make an opinion known. Examine his fruits. This country's judicial/penal system is substandard however in permanently branding people for life. You don't just lose your rights while incarcerated, you lose them forever. Which is in one way why you have so many repeat offenders. God forgives, American society don't. Our penal system is the Devil's Island practice of lock 'em away and forget 'em, making prisons here centers of torture and brutality.

Joe's methods on the outside appear good. What is his fruit? How many of his guests return? In liberal language, what is the recidivism rate? That is the only way to judge his methods, any other is mere ah ha, look at this silly cons voyeurism. Saving money is not enough, you don't become a subhuman if sent to the slammer.

Judge Sheriff Joe by his fruits.

Grace and peace

Tony