Post by travelbugaz on Oct 18, 2007 19:03:06 GMT -5
You Go 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 $028 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.
> Update on Joe Arpaio
>
> 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 Your d**ned 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.
>
> If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.
>
> Sheriff Joe
> was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County,
> Arizona
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 $028 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.
> Update on Joe Arpaio
>
> 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 Your d**ned 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.
>
> If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.
>
> Sheriff Joe
> was just reelected Sheriff in Maricopa County,
> Arizona
