Posted on 08/27/2017 9:21:19 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The rules of the tent city were strict, arbitrary and brutally enforced. There are no newspapers allowed; Arpaio hated newspapers. The only food allowed for those of us in the work furlough program was the food in the vending machines, which was grossly overpriced.
During the sweltering summer, the temperature could reach 115 or 120 degrees. I was in the tents when we hit 120. It was impossible to stay cool in the oppressive heat. Everyone would strip down to their underwear. There was no cold water, only water from vending machines; and eventually, the machines would run out. People would faint; some had heatstroke. That summer, ambulances came about three times. One man died in his bed.
But the winter was even worse. During the winter, there were no heaters. Most jackets and heavily insulated pants weren’t allowed; they don’t want you to be comfortable.
When the temperatures dropped, we were forced to come up with makeshift ways to keep ourselves warm. The showers were kept scalding hot during both summer and winter. We hated to shower, but we would fill our empty water bottles up with the nearly boiling water and put the bottles between our blankets when it was freezing outside. We also would save the plastic bags we found when we cleaned up the jail yard and wrap our feet with them, tucking hot water bottles inside to keep our feet warm while we slept.
Still, it was freezing, achingly cold. I was in so much pain that winter that now, when I’m cold, it reminds me of being there.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I’m attempting to feel sorry for this guy.
Still trying.
I’d like to know the recidivism rate for Arpaio’s prisoners.
Ummm... more like you shouldn’t have committed the crime!
Read the whole article...If all jails were like this there might be less crime..
If the conditions were as bad as this how come no judge shut it down..
Should have sent him to Guantanamo, or a Mexican Prison.
Cue the clip from “Liar Liar”.
Quit breaking the law, AH.
I hope this criminal sob is in Mexico. He was on work release only had to spend nights in jail, lies about why he was in jail (assault), is a drunk driver and I found nothing objectionable about his entire story. Didn’t like prison food and it was cold. Big whoopee.
Show us your picture in pink underwear or it didn’t happen.
....The rules of the tent city were strict, arbitrary and brutally enforced..
Welcome to the real world. We’re you in a hurry for a return trip? Boo Hoo.
I bet he has no problem with Castro’s gulags.
Sheriff Joe always makes the point that our troops live in similar heat and accommodations. That works for me.
Paging the boo hoo girl
There is always more to these sob stories than the MSM doesn’t tell and doesn’t want you to know. You don’t get a year in jail in AZ for you first simple DUI. It was aggravated in some way. Maybe someone will take the time to check the court records. If the Compost had real fact checkers they would have checked out his story.
My give-a-damn’s broken at the moment
Ummm. A lot of that sounds like the U S Army’s Ranger School.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
WaPo = A Whale of Poo
Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets that proved themselves during the 2016 campaign to be operatives of the DNC and intentional liars. They are presumed to be lying and we should presume what they publish is a lie. The presumption can only be rebutted with the outlet providing clear and convincing evidence they are not lying.
We should be mostly publishing the truth on FR, not the lies, and as much good news as possible to bolster morale. We should find and post reliable sources that have already deconstructed the lie and replaced it with the truth and with a headline that says the truth. We need much more of that on FR IMO. The key is the headline and the first few sentences because not everyone has time to drill down. The endless stream of negative, lying headlines sabotages our purpose IMO.
F the WaPo, I’m not turning off my ad blocker.
I know people how despite Trump, but love Sheriff Joe. They know he kept the bad guys under control. Heaven help Maricopa County now.
Well, dammit, what were you doing there in the first place?
It’s possible since the guy who wrote this is a criminal that he’s also a liar... and might NOT be telling the whole truth about the situation. (just a guess)
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