Question by logicmarty: Should the relatives of a murdered loved one pay taxes to support the killer in jail.?
These subhuman killers should have to live in tents and eat dog food. If I had to power I would make sure this would happen.
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Answer by Charles
Believe me I feel for you, I wish all states/counties would follow the lead of Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County AZ.
-from wikipedia
Pink underwear
One of Arpaio’s most visible public relations successes was the introduction of pink underwear, which the Maricopa County Sheriff’s website cites as being “world famous.”[10] Arpaio has claimed that that traditional white underwear, labeled with Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, was being smuggled out of the jails and sold on the streets, and he thus had the underwear dyed pink, believing that pink is not considered a “macho” color, and would not be stolen.
Arpaio subsequently started to sell customized pink boxers (with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s logo and “Go Joe”) as a fund-raiser for Sheriff’s Posse Association. Despite allegations of misuse of funds received from these sales, Arpaio declined to provide an accounting for the money [11].
Arpaio’s success in gaining press coverage with the pink underwear resulted in him extending the use of the color. He introduced pink handcuffs, using the event to promote his book, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s Toughest Sheriff. [12]. Later, Arpaio ordered that sheets, socks, towels, and other fabric items be dyed pink.
The outer uniform is not pink, but traditional black-and-white. This was part of another Arpaio-instituted change. One day, allegedly, Arpaio thought he saw an inmate escapee in the then-existing sea-green inmate uniform outside the jail (it turned out to be a hospital worker in scrubs). Later, he noted that the orange uniforms of the chain gangs were similar to uniforms used by county workers (the orange being needed for safety). Believing that inmates should be easily identifiable should they escape, Arpaio re-instituted the traditional black-and-white inmate uniforms, which even with the advent of everything else being pink has not changed.
[edit] Tent City
Arpaio set-up a “Tent City” as an extension of the Maricopa County Jail ( [show location on an interactive map] 33°25′40″N 112°07′26″W / 33.42778, -112.12389 (Maricopa County Jail)). Although often cited by Arpaio as unique, many prisons and jails throughout the United States have used, and continue to use, tents to house inmates.[13] Arpaio’s tent city jail has become notable particularly because of Phoenix’s extreme temperatures. Temperatures inside the tents have been reported as high as 150 degrees, which is sufficent to cause death or permanent disability in humans.[14][15]
When Arpaio took office, inmates were routinely being released early due to overcrowding. Arpaio believed that “courts, not head count” should determine when an inmate is released, and that no officer should be deterred from making an arrest for fear that the inmate would be released due to jail overcrowding.
However, a new jail would have cost Maricopa County taxpayers around US$ 70 million. So instead, Arpaio obtained surplus tents from the military, and established Tent City in a parking lot adjacent to one of the jail facilities. As an announcement to future inmates that they should not expect early release upon overcrowding, but more tents instead, Arpaio added a (pink neon) “Vacancy” sign to the outside of Tent City. The original sign was destroyed in an inmate riot, but was quickly replaced. A second Tent City was opened in 1996 adjacent to another jail facility, and houses female inmates.
According to former Sheriff’s Office employees, Arpaio emptied an entire floor of one jail to help fill the tent city when it was opened. [16]
During the summer of 2003, when outside temperatures exceeded 110 °F (43 °C), which is higher than average, Arpaio said to complaining inmates, “It’s 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are living in tents and they didn’t commit any crimes, so shut your mouths.”[17] Inmates were given permission to wear only their pink underwear.
Tent City has been criticized by groups contending these are violations of human and constitutional rights[who?], but has been simultaneously praised by those favoring Arpaio’s “get tough on crime” approach[who?].
In response to requests, the Sheriff’s office offers group tours of its unique and controversial Tent City. In addition, Arpaio has instituted “S.M.A.R.T.” Tents (Shocking Mainstream Adolescents into Resisting Temptation), a voluntary program for middle-school students who are bussed to an area adjacent to Tent City and, for the next 24 hours, are shown the reality of jail life.
[edit] Underwear march
In 2005, inmates were walked from neighboring jails to the newly opened Lower Buckeye Jail, wearing only their boxers and sandals so that they could not hide contraband during transport. This occurrence was reported widely in the media and has been referred to as the underwear march.[18]
“It’s a security issue,” Arpaio said. “If you let them wear their clothes, they can conceal the fake keys and everything else.[19]
Because of the media spectacle resulting from the underwear march, it would also be regarded as a perp walk.
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