maybe they'd appreciate a few weeks of ...
Posted on 12/19/2009 1:03:44 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Sheriff Joe Arpaio - the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America - likes Christmas music, especially "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks, and apparently he thinks the 8,000 inmates inside his Phoenix jail should, too.
So it was with some glee that his Maricopa County office announced Thursday in a red-and-green press release that the "sixth and perhaps final lawsuit" brought by inmates to stop the sheriff from playing the holiday songs all day, every day, during the holidays had been dismissed in federal court.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Ya gotta love Sheriff Joe.
Isn’t that the truth. This is hilarious.
ROTFLMAO...
Thanks for this bit of Christmas cheer Berlin_Freeper.
Sheriff Joe is proof that one person can change things.
For all these ‘hardships’ the inmates must indeed be suffering, the Sheriff may actually be accomplishing something the current penal system never could.
He is changing the environment and the stigma of being in jail.
I would suggest that those things will lead to less ‘returns’.
I agree with you completely. What Sheriff Joe does is not “cruel and unusual” but he does not make it cushy for the inmates. I think his methods should be copied everywhere.
8,000 inmates is a good crowd. Does the Phoenix jail hold that many?
I don’t know - I think being forced to listen to Chipmunk music in jail is somewhat unusual!
However, while he makes it tough for his prisoners, he actually seems to care about them. The best thing one can learn is prison is how not to come back.
Yey...they could all be in a Turkish prison. What are they complaining about?
Hey Sherrif Joe, you forgot the illegal alien at 1600 Penn ave who is impersonating a prez!
I live in Phoenix. And Joe has songs and tunes of every religion and region in the world played. Did the article mention that ? Merry Christmas, and happy holidays to all my FR friends, Doc
My college fraternity used a recording of Cistersian chants
for 24 hours to drive the pledges nuts prior to their initiation. Worked for us!
If Sheriff Joe doesn’t quit that, hardly anyone will be willing to commit a crime in his county and risk jail. I’m sure the ACLU will do its best to stop him.
Wasn’t Sheriff Joe of pink underwear fame?
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