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To: haqihana who wrote (148232)	11/22/2005 8:43:54 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793750

I don't like the idea of one red cent going to make a convicts life more comfy. He should be made to hate every day in prison, and not want to ever return there for the rest of his life. We have a Sheriff in Arizona, Joe Arpaio, who runs his county prison that way. He calls himself the "Nations Toughest Sheriff". Critics call him the Meanest Jailer in America. Among his policies: chaining juveniles together to collect trash and paint curbs. Housing inmates together in sweltering heat in what he calls Tent City. He tells the inmates that they have it better than troops in Iraq who have not committed any crimes. I have not seen any figures on the recidivism rate. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a colorful and controversial character who has instituted severe policies at Phonex's Maricopa County Jail since taking office in 1993. According to his bio on the Maricopa County Web site, he enjoys being known as "America's toughest sheriff." He got nationwide attention when he established the Maricopa County tent city for inmates. More than 2,000 prisoners live without smoking, coffee, pornographic magazines, movies and unrestricted television in all jails. The eRumor says the meals cost less than 40 cents but the cost figure is actually less than 20 cents. Arpaio has also instituted what he calls "Hard Knocks High", the only accredited high school in an American jail. That, along with an anti-drug program, says Arpaio, has resulted in a high percentage of his inmates leaving jail without their addictions and few of them returning. truthorfiction.com