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Some of you may have heard about Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who
painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison
garb and grow most of their own food, live in tents, and pay for their own meals. If there is an AP'er on Arizona, perhaps they should inform the sheriff about Aquaponics!



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 JailHe 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 T he T ENTS 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 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 delete it.

thin relavence for an Ozzie site,,,,but good song"Who shot the Sherrif"

Saw a show about this prison on Foxtel (Sat TV). I was very impressed. A place where the worst smuggled contraband is coffee, sugar and tobacco. And they spend
time in solitary for a few teaspoons of sugar. Prison is not supposed to be luxurious, so why not take away a few of lifes luxuries. I say good on him...

About 25%of illegal Indonesian fishermen caught in Aus waters have a much higher standard of living in our gaols than they would at home,.....,,sick world.

Dont talk about living standards aust pensioners get about $1012 a month refugee/s get $2470 a month a family of 4 get $118000 a year

They got a bunch of prisoners in tents here too. They have them out moving rock piles all day, I think the time would be better spent growing there own food.

F&F ... the quote about refugees getting twice as much as other welfare beneficieries has been debunked many, many, many times before... it's just not true....

As to pensioners getting $1012 a month ... maybe true....

As to a family of 4 getting 118000 a year.....BULLOCKS.....total nonsense...

Maybe $11800/yr.. ie. about $1000+/mth....

Interesting stuff Dan.



The site may be based in Aus Chappo - but has an international membership and audience

Sorry only going on what i was told but will look into it

Check out the Media Watch site. They found Alan Jones getting caught by it a few weeks back

Oh well i still say pensioners need more money look at me i have to go and scrounge around a tip all afternoon just to get things to survive

oh you poor old thing

I had heard about this sherrif before, and just love what he's doing. I wonder if we could get him to run for President of the US. Hmmmm.

I would vote for him.

Did I miss something? Traditional agriculture has plowing, fertilizing, cultivating, sowing, reaping, and mowing. Aquaponics has gravel washing, sowing, and reaping. That would actually be EASIER on the naer-do-wells.



(I never thought I'd describe gravel washing as easy.)