derf:

Up there in God's country, pigs are a problem? Please don't say you're getting to be like some places I won't mention that we have here in the States!

TOO HOT FOR ARIZONA CONVICTS ??? It's even hotter than usual in Phoenix,
116 degrees sets 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 Zanzo't, an inmate who
has lived in the tents for 1 1/2 years. "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 didn't commit
any crimes, so shut your damned mouths. "
KIND OF PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T IT?
YA GOTTA LOVE THIS SHERIFF...

I LOVE it!!!

I saw something on the Discovery channel about this jail, quite interesting. If it was my jail, I'd drop the white stripes and give them solid black clothing. We need more Wardens like this one.

Sevens

It's inhumane the way the CONVICTED CRIMINALS are being treated by sheriff Joe, making them sleep in tents and wear pink boxers in that heat. Sounds like torture, maybe we should insist on John Ashcroft's resignation! As a high ranking member of the Bush admin., isn't he ultimately responsible?

Congressman (not from Arizona)Alright! Enough is enough! We can't have mistreatment of Americans on American soil! It's outrageous that Arizona allows such atrocities! I demand that US troops be sent in and martial law declared. (whisper in ear by aide) I have just heard that these people are perhaps criminals. Of course, under our system they are innocent until proven guilty and I want to say that we have the finest system of justice on earth and I want to be in the forefront of those defending these people who are only accused and not found guilty yet. (Aide whispers in ear about this being a penitentiary for convicted criminals) And I want to also add that our heroic men and women in Iraq also are doing a superb job and deserve all our thanks and gratitude.

I can't see how this is supposed to rehabilitate people though, which is supposed to be a responsibility of the prison system too. Maybe other people don't mind locking them up and throwing away the key but then my tax dollars have to pay for it, whereas if they learned how to get and hold a job when they were released then instead of being a tax burden they'd be paying taxes too.