Too Hot For Arizona Convicts[PINK IS PRETTY]

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[Lady In Blue]

TOO HOT FOR ARIZONA CONVICTS

It's even hotter than usual in Phoenix, 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 you 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, is not sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are wearing combat gear and living in tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths."

KIND OF PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T IT?

[Lady In Blue]

Oh boo-hoo!

[Ronin]

It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are wearing combat gear and living in tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths."

Whoa! There's a man I can respect.

[Lady In Blue]

LOL! Isn't that a hoot! My kind of guy too!

[let freedom sing]

People are usually willing to pay to use a sauna.

[SpyGuy]

"It's inhumane."

No, what's inhumane are the crimes you chose to commit against your victims and society.

[viaveritasvita]

Love it! Joe is my kind of sheriff!

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

"It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are wearing combat gear and living in tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths."

I couldn't have said it any better.

[ErnBatavia]

I was in Phoenix a couple of years ago (in fact, flew over just days before 9/11...) to visit a business in the industrial area near the baseball stadium. Taking a smoke break out front, I saw a female chain gang, complete with "boss" crew of a couple of huge Janet Renos....

They were ankle chained and in bold, bold horizontally striped jumpsuits - all this right downtown - just sort of sweeping the gutters and sidewalks.

Oh yeah - they all wore web belts with a couple of canteens slung.

[Lady In Blue]

I know and to think they get it free and still complain.hehehe!

[Lady In Blue]

bttt

[Lady In Blue]

He was an elector in 2000 and if I remember correctly,the dems tried to get him to switch;needless to say, they picked the wrong guy to pull that mess on!

[Lady In Blue]

I know! A movie or tv mini series ought to be made on this sheriff.

[Lady In Blue]

Wow! They don't fool around in Arizona do they?!

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

That's one of the million things I love about AZ...chain gangs.

[magslinger]

I know! A movie or tv mini series ought to be made on this sheriff.

In Hollyweird? LOL

[valleygal]

Actually, we've had days when it is a little more humid during monsoon season but it's not really sauna like. A better comparison is opening the oven door and sticking your
head in.

My husband has a pair of the pink boxers(they were a gift). Joe sells them as a fundraiser. They sit in his drawer, however. I don't think he's ever put them on. :)

[ErnBatavia]

The "screws" had big ole shotguns, too - just added to that Urban Cool Hand Luke essence.

I actually had my camera in my briefcase, but was advised by the office gals that the dykes wouldn't appreciate my snapping a hoot-shot....

[valleygal]

You can also ocassionally see them picking up trash on the roadways.

[valleygal]

Well hello, sister...really, really long time no see!

[cabbieguy]

While I agree with his remedy for treating convicted criminals, I disagree with his treating people just being held for trial, who are presumed innocent until proven quilty. His tent camp make no distinction between the quilty and the charged.