Posted on 01/29/2014 6:08:25 PM PST by montag813
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is world famous as "America's Toughest Sheriff". Inmates weak pink underwear, eat bologna sandwiches that cost only 40 cents per meal (and for which Joe charges them!) . In Summer inmates bake in Tent City, which recently celebrated its 20th year. When Sheriff Joe put up flags in prisoner's cells, he warned if any are defaced that inmate would get only bread and water for a full week -- and 38 inmates have been punished so far.
But Joe also has a heart of gold. He spends a huge amount of time helping animals, giving indoor space to rescued animals, setting up a no-kill shelter for them, while hardened criminals got sent to the tents. Joe even housed inmates who are veterans in a separate area indoors, providing those with PTSD with special programs to get back on their feet.
Perhaps with sympathy in mind, this afternoon Sheriff Joe asked his fans on social media a question:
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Excellent.
Oh hell ya I'd let them watch the World Cup.
Then turn-off each game with 5 mins left to go.
I thought it was Joe who stated once, when there was ginned-up controversy over him not letting them have cigarettes and coffee, that his philosophy was they should not have luxuries that law-abiding free people get.
You’d be surprised at how far the military goes for things like the Superbowl. Even guys out on patrol in Afghanistan are likely to be able to catch at least some of the game; the comms guys will put it out on one of the Sat channels.
Hell NO! After they’ve repaid their debt to society, then they get their rights and freedom back. Til then, their bitch can tell ‘em.
Yes
Hell no!!!
Currently, 64% THUMBS DOWN!!!
He should add insult to injury and let them watch the puppy bowl!!!
He should force them to watch Beaches, Fried Green Tomatoes and Terms of Endearment.
Hey! THIS is Sheriff Joe we're talking about!
let them watch curling or ping pong.
Exactly. Reward for good behavior.
NE Patriots player Aaron Hernandez got a $40 million dollar contract but these days he’s in the Bristol County (MA) House of Correction, accused of murdering his friend Odin Lloyd and suspected of killing others as well. He wasn’t able to watch his former team in the AFC Championship and probably will miss the Super Bowl too (maybe they’ll let him have a radio).
>>Hodgson said this week that Hernandez won’t be able to watch his former teammates play in the AFC Championship game against the Denver Broncos because he isn’t allowed to watch TV at all. The sheriff said on Saturday that Hernandez is kept separated from the other inmates under “special management” because of his fame...Unlike those who have lost their privileges, Hernandez is allowed access to the prison commissary, Hodgson said. But it wouldn’t be safe to have a TV in the unit. “He does get some privileges that the others don’t because he is a pretrial detainee,” Hodgson said. “There are times when he’s asked for a TV. But we can’t have a television in the unit he’s housed in. That would be looked upon by the other individuals in the unit as a special privilege and create animosity.”
No.
It’s more than he deserves.
Not losing now!!
I’m torn. Treat them like men if they’ll act like men. Or treat them like animals. Are there kiddie rapers in there?
I vote no. F**k em - treat em like animals.
Those who have behaved appropriately during their incarceration, why not? A little incentive for others to clean up their act in time for the NBA finals!
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