ya gotta Love this guy

[Guest jackdog]

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Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN - NANCE

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:09:36 +0000

SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN

I don't know about you but I think this guy has the right idea. Maybe if more places were like this we would have less crime and lower taxes to pay for all this.

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.' He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

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 You r 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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Sheriff Joe was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County , Arizona

[Guest Law of Thirds]

Honestly, I love the way he runs that prison, I've seen a special on it and while they show the "inhumane" conditions, they very carefully skirt around the recidivism rates for his prisoners. My money is on rates much lower than the rest of the country.

If criminals actually feared going to prison or any other punitive punishment I bet repeat offenders would be much less common.

[molonlabetn]

Joe for President!

[Guest c_o_jones]

Way to go, sheriff Joe!

[MrNobody]

At the moment I live out in Phoenix (I'm coming back to TN this summer) this guy gets ALOT of bad press but I have always appreciated him. Right now he is doing "criminal" roundups. Basically him and about 200 others swarm a bad neighborhood and sweep it. They make quite a few arrests. They are calling it out here racist, I'm calling it proactive.

[strickj]

Its sad that Repubs,and people like this get bad press,Iguess it makes for better tv

I think we need to get this guy here in TN!

[Bigiron]

Good for joe. He should run for President.

[dralarms]

Wee need about 5000 more just like him.

[Guest eyebedam]

That dude is my Hero.

[Guest Hawk]

That is freaking awesome. Joe is the man!

[Guest dwrd]

It would be great if more people would follow his lead.

[analog_kidd]

This guy is just awesome! I don't understand why more Sherriffs don't take this approach. It seems to be very effective, and his constituants love him for it. I don't know any statistics, but I'd be willing to bet that his inmate return rate is lower than normal too.

[towerclimber37]

At the moment I live out in Phoenix (I'm coming back to TN this summer) this guy gets ALOT of bad press but I have always appreciated him. Right now he is doing "criminal" roundups. Basically him and about 200 others swarm a bad neighborhood and sweep it. They make quite a few arrests. They are calling it out here racist, I'm calling it proactive.

I was in phoenix a couple of months ago, working. I LOVE that place! You can wear your pistol openly, the sheriff is a REAL sheriff, and folks Love to shoot. Illegal immigrants are actually afraid to be there! that's the way it needs to be!

[waynesan]

Here's a video of Sheriff Joe being interviewed. Its a hoot!! Notice the tie pin he's wearing.

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[Guest SomeGuy]

He has a nice tie pin. What of the rumors he was against civilian carry, especially open carry? False I hope?

[analog_kidd]

He has a volunteer Posse - Awesome. This just proves that we don't need new illegal immigration laws, we just need to enforce the ones we already have.

[Guest jackdog]

Good video. I was down there about three years ago and actually talked to him. I never got the impression that he was anti anything but crime.

[towerclimber37]

I like him! he's no nonsense, speaks his mind and ENFORCES the laws!

I get the idea that he's john wayne toilet paper...rough, tough and doesn't take crap off of anybody!

[Guest jackdog]

Well he seems to be a regular guy that just does his job. But I don't think being on the wrong side of the law would be any fun in his county. I heard he won his last election with a 83% of the vote, so the people are supporting him. A friend of mines nephew, ended up serving 5 months in tent city. The kid says if he ever gets stupid again it won't be Joes county.