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by RutavehausKFK on 19 May 2010 - 05:05
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
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 re-elected 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 jail.
**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.
by nonacona60 on 19 May 2010 - 05:05
by RutavehausKFK on 19 May 2010 - 05:05
by Katz22 on 19 May 2010 - 09:05
It really sucks knowing kids are committing crimes to get into prison, because its better than being at home. Sucks even more knowing that people in prison here get a) better allowances b) better acommodation c) better meals and d) better rehabilitation/qualifications to get back to work than serving military personnel do!!! i'm not joking! And most of the guys in prison are repeat offenders. Weee i could go on all day like this!
Great idea though, no need to desperately seek volunteers for the animals.
by leciesters doghandler on 19 May 2010 - 10:05
i got this emailed to me and so so true it is in the uk its easyer to live in prison then it is to wake up at 6am and do a days work. in prison you get a roof over your head ,shoes on your feet ,clothes on your back ,food in your belly etc its has always been the case if you do wrong you live nice with out any worrys but if you work and be a good person you get shit on sometimes it gets to the point where people like me (20 years old) thinking is it worth working 6 days a week and in 4 months joining the army but for me its the only life to live ...work hard enjoy your dogs and just live knowing iv helped the world be that 0.1% better
clint
by katesgillkennels on 19 May 2010 - 10:05
by leciesters doghandler on 19 May 2010 - 11:05
by Escobar on 19 May 2010 - 11:05
Nah, just kidding. Sounds very cool.
by 1doggie2 on 19 May 2010 - 13:05
This is what we are such desperate need for, back to the basics, no more slight of hand. A balanced budget, what a concept.
by leciesters doghandler on 19 May 2010 - 14:05
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